Two weeks after his abduction, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Okey Wali (SAN), has been released.

Okey Wali, the 26th President of the NBA, was abducted in the early hours of April 17, 2023, after his convoy was attacked along East–West Road, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The President of the Nigerian Bar, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), who confirmed his release in a press statement on Monday, said he had spoken with Okey Wali noted that the former NBA President has been reunited with his family and “is in good spirits”.

The NBA President also used the opportunity to call on the Federal Government to live up to its constitutional responsibility of protecting the lives and properties of all Nigerians.