Pinheiro Urges NBA President-Elect Badejo-Okusanya to Unite Divided Bar
Wale Igbintade
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Kemi Pinheiro, has congratulated the President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN), on her historic election as the Association’s first elected female President, urging her to make the unity of the Bar the cornerstone of her administration.
Badejo-Okusanya, the only female among the three presidential candidates, emerged victorious after polling 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 per cent of the 26,106 ballots cast in the election conducted electronically over a 24-hour period from 7:35 a.m. on Saturday to 7:34 a.m. on Sunday.
She defeated her two male challengers, Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN, who secured 7,934 votes (30.39 per cent), and Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, who polled 5,855 votes (22.43 per cent).
