A former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Asaba branch, Delta State, Chuks Ebu, has urged his colleagues in the legal profession to desist from cutting corners and have respect for one another. Ebu who is the principal of the legacy chambers, Asaba, advised lawyers to desist from any form of “cutting corners” in the discharge of their lawful duties, adding that the election of the “Jolly Bar Association” in Asaba should not be a do-or-die affairs.
The trial of two Delta State-based Journalists, Joe Ogbodu, and Prince Amour Udemude, on Wednesday took a new twist after Udemude informed the court that he was forced by a police prosecutor, Theresa Okpor, to write a statement dictated by her. The two journalists were arrested by the police from the Delta State criminal investigation department, (CID) in October, 2019, following a petition by one Sam Ogrih, alleging defamation and were arraigned for misdemeanour to wit defamatory at the Magistrate court four, sitting in Asaba, the state capital.