…Says female heads of Bench and Bar have two years to restore confidence in judiciary
By John Alechenu
ABUJA — Former Senator representing Ekiti South, Akinyede Sola, has described the election of Oyinlasola Badejo-Okunsanya, SAN, as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as a historic development for the legal profession and Nigeria’s judiciary.
Akinyede, who spoke in Abuja on Sunday while reacting to the outcome of the NBA election, said Badejo-Okunsanya’s emergence as the second female President of the association marked a significant milestone in the history of the legal profession.
He noted that it was the first time women would simultaneously occupy the leadership positions of both the Bench and the Bar, with a female Chief Justice of Nigeria and a female NBA President.
