With Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya’s victory in the recent presidential election of the Nigerian Bar Association, aggrieved members should sheath their swords and help restore the association’s voice on the rule of law and good governance, Davidson Iriekpen writes
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) last weekend elected Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as its next president after she polled the highest number of votes when voting officially ended last Sunday.
Badejo-Okusanya, the only female among the three presidential candidates, polled 12,317 votes to emerge as the winner of the election, which was held through electronic voting.
She defeated her two male challengers, receiving 47.18 per cent of the 26,106 ballots cast in the presidential election. Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, also a SAN, secured 7,934 votes (30.39 per cent) to come second while Olumuyiwa Akinboro, another SAN, polled 5,855 votes (22.43 per cent) to take the third position.
The final results showed that the total votes cast across 13 national officers’ elections stood at 26,184, representing 31.86 per cent voter turnout of the total 82,172 registered voters.
