Akangbe, who lost the election won by Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, accused the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) of rushing the exercise despite repeated warnings that the voting platform was not ready, insisting that the process failed the basic test of democratic credibility.
A candidate in the just-concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe (SAN), has rejected the credibility of the poll, describing it as "shambolic" and alleging that thousands of lawyers were disenfranchised by the collapse of the electronic voting platform.
Akangbe, who lost the election won by Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, accused the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) of rushing the exercise despite repeated warnings that the voting platform was not ready, insisting that the process failed the basic test of democratic credibility.
In a statement issued on Sunday titled "Thank You," Akangbe thanked lawyers across the country who stayed awake for two consecutive nights in an attempt to vote, saying many were ultimately denied their franchise due to technical failures.
"I saw you. I saw the young lawyer who posted at 4 AM that she had been trying for four hours and could not get past the authentication screen. I saw the senior lawyer who stayed up with his associates so they could try together. I saw the branch chairmen who spent the night fielding calls from members who could not vote and did not know why," he said.
