By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA — With barely 48 hours to go, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the umbrella body for legal practitioners, still stands at a crossroads amid internal wrangling that threatens the smooth conduct of its national elections.
Section 10(1) of the NBA Constitution 2015 (as amended in 2025) establishes the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) as an independent body responsible for conducting elections into national offices of the Association and for NBA representatives to the General Council of the Bar.
The incumbent President of the Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, had activated the process for selecting the next leadership.
At the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Edo State on November 20, 2025, a five-member ECNBA was approved to conduct the 2026 elections.
