Three Senior Advocates of Nigeria are set to battle for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association as lawyers across the country prepare to elect new national officers on July 18.
The presidential race pits Olumuyiwa Akinboro, Lateef Akangbe and Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsanya against one another in an election expected to produce the successor to incumbent NBA President, Afam Osigwe.
The three SANs emerged as the only cleared candidates for the association’s top office after the Electoral Committee of the NBA published the final list of qualified candidates.
The election comes amid controversy over alleged attempts to postpone the exercise after a purported report linked to a mediation meeting convened by the Attorney General of the Federation recommended the suspension of the polls, dissolution of the Electoral Committee of the NBA and other electoral reforms.
However, the NBA and the Electoral Committee have rejected the purported recommendations, insisting that only the association’s National Executive Council can postpone the election and maintaining that voting will proceed on July 18.
