Members of the Yoruba Lawyers Forum, Egbe Amofin Oodua, have called for the postponement of the Nigerian Bar Association’s national election by a minimum of seven days, saying that the extension would give room for proper voter sensitisation and ensure a more credible electoral process.
Chairman of the Governing Council of Egbe Amofin Oodua, Chief Isiaka Olagunju, SAN, disclosed while speaking to newsmen during a press conference on Thursday, at the Aare Afe Babalola Bar Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Olagunju said the association was demanding for the adoption of the National Identification Number, the use of registered members’ phone numbers for voter verification, full compliance with the agreed electoral reforms, and a level playing field for all candidates.
Olagunju, a former General Secretary of the NBA, alleged that the NBA leadership abandoned an agreement reached at a meeting involving the association’s presidential candidates and other key stakeholders to postpone Saturday’s election in order to implement electoral reforms.
According to him, one of the major reforms agreed upon was the adoption of members’ National Identification Number-linked phone numbers for voter authentication in place of the current email-based authentication system.
