Tension As Lawyer, Client Shot Dead Shortly After Leaving Court Premises
An Anambra based legal practitioner Barrister Rolex Ifeanyi Iloakasia, a popular Anambra based lawyer and President General, Aguleri Community was attacked by unknown assailants and shot dead along with his client in Nanka/Agulu border a short distance from the court in Nanka town.
According to Maria Ude Nwachi, an eye witness said after the court sitting, he entered his car with the client he is defending when some unknown gunmen double crossed them at Nanka-Agulu boundary on their way back to Awka and shot him along with the client he’s defending and immediately left with their motorbike suggesting a calculated assassination
The police is yet to make statements on the issue which has thrown the Aguleri community and friends of barrister Rolex into deep confusion.
