The full list of winners in the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, national elections has been released following the conclusion of voting and the announcement of results by the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, ECNBA, on Sunday.
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, emerged as the 33rd President of the NBA after defeating two other senior lawyers in the keenly contested presidential election.
Chairman of the ECNBA, Aham Ejelam, SAN, announced the presidential result at the NBA National Secretariat in Abuja.
Badejo-Okusanya polled 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 per cent of the total votes cast, to defeat her closest challenger, Lateef Akangbe, SAN, who secured 7,934 votes, representing 30.39 per cent. Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, came third with 5,855 votes, representing 22.43 per cent.
With the victory, Badejo-Okusanya will serve as the association’s president for a two-year tenure from 2026 to 2028. She also becomes only the second woman to lead the NBA after Priscilla Kuye, who served as president from 1991 to 1992.
