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These are not the best of times for Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN as the NBA Second Vice President, Mr. Chukwuemeka Clement Ugo has again taken a swipe at him, accusing him of running a “dictatorship.”

In a post on his verified Facebook handle, Ugo alleged that Maikyau has never consulted the NBA National Executive Committee or tabled his nominations for sundry NBA committees before the committee.

CITY LAWYER recalls that Ugo had recently accused Maikyau of “Northernisation” of the venue NBA National Executive Council (NBA-NEC) meetings, noting that the meetings have held exclusively in the Northern zone during the almost tw0-year tenure of Maikyau notwithstanding its security challenges.

In the latest post, Ugo argues that this practice of not bringing nominees for NBA committees to the notice of the Executive Committee comprising National Officers verges on “dictatorship” aside from breaching the NBA Constitution.

Speaking on the recent appointment of NBA Electoral Appeal Committee members, Ugo wrote: “Let them know that accepting the position without proper thing to be done is indirectly supporting dictatorship in NBA.”

Continuing, he said: “Names of every committee ought to be brought before those elected by the association to appraise and approve same thereafter send to the NEC for ratification or take the appointment directly to NEC for nomination and appointment, what ever NEC is to be ratified ordinarily ought to have been appraised by the excos under emergency.

“It is even a convention, practiced by past presidents of the Bar to bring issues of concern to its excos for deliberation despite the president always will still have his ways but it makes sense to be a team player in the administration of the Bar.

“I sincerely wish to urge as well as plead with the appeal committee leadership and members solely selected, appointed, nominated and recommended by the president without the input of the national officers to reject same to set an example as good and loyal bar men.”

Below is the full text of the post as obtained by CITY LAWYER.

It is very unfortunate that senior members of the profession will be appointed by the president of NBA alone without the proper consultation and discussion by the national officers of NBA to occupy sensitive positions like appeal committee for the national officers election 2024, and they will gladly accept same.

Let it be known to the appeal committee led by one of the best Bar friendly and ever cheerful Bar man and a sui generis learned silk with his members and many other committees that their likely ratification by the NEC did not comply with the provision of section 9 sub 6 B of the 2015 NBA constitution as amended in 2021.

Let them know that accepting the position without proper thing to be done is indirectly supporting dictatorship in NBA.

Names of every committee ought to be brought before those elected by the association to appraise and approve same thereafter send to the NEC for ratification or take the appointment directly to NEC for nomination and appointment, what ever NEC is to be ratified ordinarily ought to have been appraised by the excos under emergency.

It is even a convention, practiced by past presidents of the Bar to bring issues of concern to its excos for deliberation despite the president always will still have his ways but it makes sense to be a team player in the administration of the Bar.

I sincerely wish to urge as well as plead with the appeal committee leadership and members solely selected, appointed, nominated and recommended by the president without the input of the national officers to reject same to set an example as good and loyal bar men.

The era of dictatorship in NBA should stop forthwith and my respected and distinguished NEC members made up of majorly branch chairmen and secretaries should request that The president of the Bar go back and do the needful so that the pride of the association and its brand name promoting the rule of law will be properly understood and assimilated.

This Bar is for all, our tenure ends in few months, let the correction and rule of law begins today.

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