BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • EGBE BLOC CONGRATULATES AKPATA, ASSURES SUPPORT • ADESINA PETITIONS NBA TRUSTEES Cracks have emerged within Egbe Amofin O’odua ranks as a major bloc in the influential regional group has congratulated Nigerian Bar Association President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata on his victory at the poll. Meanwhile, there are strong indications that Egbe Amofin O’odua may have barred its...
BUHARI, ATIKU, SARAKI, ODINKALU, OTHERS HAIL AKPATA
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Encomiums have continued to pour in for Nigerian Bar Association President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata over his victory at the just concluded NBA National Officers Elections. In his congratulatory message, President Muhammadu Buhari said: “I congratulate Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), a crucial stakeholder in our democracy. I wish...
ELECTION CRISIS: USORO VOWS TO UNITE AKPATA, ADESINA, OTHERS
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN has committed to bridge the schism that has attended the just concluded NBA National Officers Elections. CITY LAWYER recalls that one of the presidential candidates in the race, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN had in a searing petition to the Electoral Committee (ECNBA) carpeted the poll as a “sham...
‘NO HERO HAS EVER EMERGED FROM TREACHERY,’ ADESINA WARNS
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Erstwhile Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidate, Mr. Dele Adesina has said that it was the association and not him or his supporters that lost the recently concluded election. In a statement dripping with passion, Adesina also warned that NBA may have “lost the last opportunity to re-invent itself,” adding that “time will tell.” He described the...
AKPATA PROMISES ELECTORAL REFORMS, HAILS ADESINA, AJIBADE
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Nigerian Bar Association President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata has promised to embark on electoral reforms to smoothen the lapses in the association’s electoral system. In a letter to lawyers titled “Let us secure the future through a united bar that works for all,” the incoming NBA President traced his entry into the presidential race, adding that “On the...
NBA ELECTION: ADESINA’S CAMP SPLITS, AS OJUKWU BACKS AKPATA
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE A major split may have occurred in the camp of erstwhile Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidate, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN as one of his staunchest backers has urged stakeholders to support NBA President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata. Though former NBA presidential candidate, Prof. Ernest Ojukwu SAN had profusely endorsed Adesina in the run-up to the election, he...
AKPATA WINS: AJIBADE, ALEGEH, YLF, EBF, MID-WEST FORUM HAIL HIM
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE At exactly 12:53 am early today, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA), Mr. Tawo Eja Tawo SAN declared Tier-One solicitor, Mr. Olumide Akpata as winner of the NBA presidential election held last Wednesday and Thursday. Akpata is billed to be sworn in late August as the 30th NBA President. The announcement...
NBA ELECTION CRISIS: AUDIT TO THE RESCUE?
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE As the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2020 Election inches to a close, the much anticipated inaugural audit of the election may be the elixir needed to calm frayed nerves and pull the poll away from the usual rancour that has bedeviled previous exercises. Signs that the election may walk the troubled part of past polls emerged today...
ADESINA ASKS ECNBA TO CANCEL ONGOING NBA ELECTION
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidate, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN has asked the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) to cancel the ongoing National Officers Election, saying it is fraught with irregularities. In a letter to ECNBA Chairman, Mr. Tawo Tawo SAN dated 30th July, 2020 and personally signed by him, Adesina stated that the voters’ list...
ECNBA SAYS 13,000 VOTERS HAVE CAST BALLOTS
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has stated that over 13,000 lawyers have voted in the ongoing NBA National Officers Election, even as the electoral umpire is worried that many eligible voters may not receive their voting links due to telecommunication challenges. Below is the full text of the ECNBA statement: The ECNBA can confirm that over...