*Second female to lead the bar
Alex Enumah in Abuja
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has emerged winner of the 2026 presidential election of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), making her the second woman to head the umbrella body of lawyers in the country.
She was declared winner of the election held between July 18 and 19, 2026, by the Chairman, Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA), Aham Ejalam, SAN, on Sunday morning, few hours after the end of the polls and collation of results.
Badejo-Okusanya, according to the ECNBA, secured 12,317 (47.18 percent of total votes cast for the position of president) to emerge winner, while her closest rival, Mr Lateef Akangbe, SAN, polled 7,934 (30.39%) votes, and the consensus candidate of the Omo Egbe Amofin O’odua Are Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN polled 5,855 (22.43%) votes to come third.
