The Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) Electoral Committee has announced Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya as the 33rd president of the law association. Announcing the results at the NBA national secretariat in Abuja after the conclusion of the election on Sunday, Aham Ejelam, chairman of the ECNBA, said Badejo-Okusanya polled 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 percent of the total votes cast, to defeat her closest challenger, Lateef Akangbe, who secured 7,934 votes, representing 30.39 percent.
Olumuyiwa Akinboro, the third presidential candidate, polled 5,855 votes, representing 22.43 percent of the total votes.
The poll recorded 26,106 votes from 82,172 registered voters, representing a 31.86 percent participation rate, according to the ECNBA.
Also elected were Oghenero Okoro, who polled 11,024 votes to emerge first vice-president; Afam Okeke, who secured 8,478 votes to become general secretary; Aghogho Gladys, who won the assistant general secretary position with 14,312 votes; and Chinelo Ofoegbunam, who was elected welfare secretary after polling 14,911 votes.
Speaking after the announcement of the results, Afam Osigwe, president of the NBA, said the election withstood attempts to undermine the process, including a cyberattack that forced the ECNBA to rebuild and migrate its ICT Continued from page 1 infrastructure to a more secure server.
“Our colleagues planned to truncate the election but we stood firm. Every effort to derail this process failed. This is a trying time for the Bar. In the build-up to this election, many went to a great extent to rubbish the association,” he said.
Osigwe urged the newly-elected national officers to be gracious in victory and called on those who lost the election to rally behind the incoming leadership.
“To those who won, be magnanimous in victory; for those who lost, there is always another day. The cyber-attack shows that we must do more in data protection. Let us collectively do things in an acceptable manner,” Osigwe said.
“Someday, the story will be told of how this election was almost sabotaged.
“We must be able to promote the rule of law, and the NBA, made up of lawyers, should be able to determine the course of its electoral process. Where we made mistakes, I believe my successor will correct them.
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