Renowned Human Right Lawyer Assassinated In Rivers State

A Renowned Port Harcourt -based Human Right Lawyer,Barr. Ken Atsuwete, was assassinated on Monday morning.

Atsuwete, an Itsekiti from Delta State, was murdered at his house in Aluu, near the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).

The deceased’s chamber was deserted and under lock and key at 11:40am on Monday, while his wife, an indigene of Anambra State and her three children, had been relocated to her father’s house in Port Harcourt.

Atsuwete’s body has been deposited at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) morgue.

A close confidant of the deceased and human rights activist, Mr. Anyakwe Nsirimovu, expressed shock over the incident.

Until death, Barr. Ken was the counsel to the former, embattled chairman of Asari Toru Local government area Hon. Ojukaye Flag Amachree.