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...
EXCLUSIVE: US VENDOR TO CONDUCT NBA ELECTIONS, AS COMPLAINTS MAR VOTERS’ LIST
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE OJUKWU CALLS NEW VOTERS’ LIST A ‘FRAUD’ ‘INTERNATIONAL DIASPORA’ LISTED AS NBA BRANCH OBOLLO AFOR JUMPS FROM 39 TO 662 MEMBERS ECNBA ASSURES VOTERS AGAIN A United States based electronic voting company will conduct the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. This puts to rest all speculations regarding whether the Electoral Committee of...
EDITORIAL: NBA ELECTIONS 2020 – WHY WE MUST GET IT RIGHT
In a matter of hours, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2020 National Elections will get underway. Unsurprisingly, the election has attracted frenzied interest from key stakeholders. The campaigns have been electrifying. The run-up to the election has been thorny, occasionally uncertain. The compilation of the voters’ list was a near nightmare. Even on the eve of the election, the Electoral...
29,635 VOTERS TO ELECT NEXT NBA PRESIDENT
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE ECNBA PURGES 1604 NAMES FROM VOTERS’ LIST BARS FURTHER CAMPAIGNS WARNS AGAINST PARALLEL ‘HELP DESKS’ The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has finally released the full list of verified voters for the NBA Elections commencing at 11 pm today. In its Statement No. 018, the Electoral Committee has barred further campaigns as well as...
ELECTORAL C’TE RELEASES VOTING GUIDELINES
The eagerly awaited guidelines for tomorrow’s elections have now been released by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA). Setting out the voting protocols in its ECNBA STATEMENT NO 017, the electoral committee assured that voters would receive a certificate after voting. Below is the text of the statement: GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING Ballot shall open at 11:00 PM on...
EXCLUSIVE: CONCERNS MOUNT ON VOTING PLATFORM FOR NBA ELECTION
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE ‘NO CAUSE FOR ALARM,’ SAYS ECNBA There are strong indications that the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) is making frantic efforts to fortify the NBA Election Portal and deploy it for the election now shifted to commence tomorrow evening. The electoral committee had in its latest statement moved the election from midnight today to...
‘WE MUST PROTECT, PROJECT RULE OF LAW,’ – ALEX MUOKA
The Rule of Law is sacrosanct in any democratic Society. Consequently, it must be protected and projected at all times. The entrenchment of the Rule of Law in Nigeria is in our interest because the Law and legal practitioners can only thrive where the Rule of Law thrives. It is instructive that the motto of the Nigerian Bar Association is...