A Lagos primarily based professional, Olumide Akpata, has emerged winner of the African nation bar association presidential election by a landslide triumph several lawyers have thought of clear.
Chairman of the election committee of the NBA, Tawo Tawo (SAN), aforesaid Akpata polled 9891 votes accounting for fifty four.3 % of all the votes forged to defeat his nearest competitor, Dr Babatunde Ajibade (SAN), United Nations agency scored 4328 votes.
Akpata doesn't hold the title of a Senior Advocate of African nation, creating it a giant surprise to several.
Secretary of the body of senior Advocate of African nation , Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), had earlier written a letter throughout the electioneering raising the alarm that young professionals were getting ready to "revolutionise" the NBA by choice non-SAN and pleaded with senior lawyer to rise to the occasion and stop the event.
The letter turned counter-productive as several lawyers together with SANs disagreed with Awomolo.
Ajibade (SAN), the primary runner up within the presidential contest, additionally unrelated himself from the letter.
The disputable letter pitched several young lawyers against the opposite 2 SAN contenders, paving the means for a gallant win of Akpata, the sole non-SAN within the race.
However, Adesina has faulted the electoral method and entailed its cancellation.
Adesina in an exceedingly letter to the electoral committee chairman, aforesaid many citizens failed to receive the link to vote.
He delineated the election as a "sham" and entailed its cancellation.
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