Terror attack: body of benchers relocate venue Of call to bar ceremony

Owing to the level of insecurity in the Nigerian capital city, Abuja, the Nigerian Body of Benchers has moved the location of the Call to Bar Ceremony for successful candidates set for Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
The Body of Benchers is a group of professionals that handle applications for admission to the Nigerian Law School. The organization also oversees the nation’s legal system.
The event originally slated to take place on the grounds of the Nigerian Law School in Bwari, was quickly moved elsewhere.
Terrorists on Monday killed a few members of the Presidential Guard in an area near to the Law School.
In a telephone conversation with TheNigeriaLawyer, the Secretary of the Body of Benchers, Daniel Tela said after a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the body decided to relocate the venue of the ceremony to the Body of Benchers’ permanent site in Jabi, FCT.
Tela also noted that the event is exclusively for aspirants, stressing that family members and well-wishers would not be allowed to be part of the programme.
Some Nigerian Army personnel attached to the Guards Brigade lost their lives in an ambush by terrorists in Abuja on Monday.
There have been hints that terrorists are planning to attack the Nigerian Law School in Abuja, the Central Mosque, other worship centres and security formations in the FCT.
This comes barely a month after terrorists who later identified themselves as members of the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) attacked the Kuje Correctional Centre in the nation’s capital, releasing hundreds of inmates including Boko Haram fighters.
On Monday, the Federal Ministry of Education ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College, Kwali, in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
It was gathered that the closure of the school came after a security breach on Sheda and Lambata villages and suburbs of Kwali Area Council which also threatened FGC Kwali.