The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe, has denied backing any candidate and interference in the association’s forthcoming national officers’ election.
He said he had not interfered with the electoral process or used his office to favour any aspirant. He added that the NBA constitution guarantees the independence of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA).
ECNBA is the independent body established under the NBA constitution to conduct the association’s national elections
Mr Osigwe made the clarifications during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday, when he also explained why the NBA accepted membership of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill.
Fielding questions on the allegations that he was backing a preferred successor in the election, Mr Osigwe noted that he had “absolutely nothing to do with the electoral process.”
