Gunmen, on Thursday, invaded the Ejemekwuru Customary Court in Oguta Local Council of Imo State, while in session, and shot dead the Presiding Magistrate, Nnaemeka Ugboma.
According to sources, the hoodlums, who came in motorcycles, shot sporadically into the air to scare away the litigants, court officials, people in the vicinity and inside the courtroom, before silencing the judicial officer.
He was left in the pool of his blood, while others ran away. His body was later recovered and taken to a morgue.
The deceased, The Guardian learnt, hailed from Nnebukwu Autonomous Community in Oguta Local council of the state, and was a law graduate of the 1991 set.
The Owerri branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ugochukwu Allinor, confirmed the incident, but the spokesperson of the Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, was yet to confirm, as at press time.
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