Twenty-four years after the assassination of the Onitsha branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Barnabas Igwe, and his pregnant wife, Amaka, there are renewed calls for the Anambra State Government to revisit the case and bring the alleged perpetrators to justice, Davidson Iriekpen writes
The last is yet to be heard of the gruesome murder of the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Onitsha branch, Barnabas Igwe and his pregnant wife, Amaka, on September 1, 2002, in the Awada district of Onitsha, Anambra State.
Igwe was well known for his sharp legal mind and unwavering public criticism of corruption in the state. His wife, also a lawyer, shared both his ideals and his dangers.
The couple was killed as they drove into Onitsha after returning from an NBA conference in Ibadan.
As witnesses later told investigators, the couple’s car was intercepted by armed men who dragged them from their vehicle, hacked them with machetes, shot Barnabas, and drove over their bodies before speeding away.
