Akpata. Photo: Twitter@Olumide Akpata
One of the presidential candidates in the 2020
elections of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dele Adesina, has
asked the Body of Trustees of the association to cancel the just
concluded polls.
In his 11 page petition to the body, Adesina described the
election as “electronic fraud, illegal and unconstitutional.”
The elections were conducted electronically on July 29th to July
30th at the end of which, the immediate past chairman of the NBA’s
Section on Business Law, Olumide Akpata emerged the winner.
He defeated Dr. Babatunde Ajibade and Mr Dele Adesina.
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But reacting to the outcome, Adesina called on the Chairman of
NBA Board of Trustees, Olisa Agbakoba to “rise up and save
the Association by cancelling the elections and conducting a fresh
one.”
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Adesina said he was one of the builders of the association and
his call was driven by the members’ interest.
He cited some pre-election concerns and agitations which were
studiedly neglected and disregarded by the electoral committee and
alleged among other things that the Voters’ Register used in the
2020 Election was a sham, illegal, doctored and manipulated.
The candidate also alleged that the data in the election results
monitoring site was programmed to produce a premeditated result and
many voters were also disenfranchised.
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