The ex-president of the Nigerian Bar Association made his reasons for not challenging the outcome of the poll known in a statement on Saturday.
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He beat his main challengers: candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, and Labour Party, Olumide Akpata
The collation is being carried out in Benin at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission
The appellate court held that the suit instituted by an aggrieved governorship aspirant, Kenneth Imasuangbon lacked cogent and verifiable evidence in the allegations against Akpata.
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, made the position known in a statement.
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Project, Crusoe Osagie, said this in a statement he issued on Friday.
Akpata made this vow in a statement he issued to reaffirm his loyalty to the Oba of Benin.
Akpata, who declared his intention under the Labour Party, said he decided to aspire on the platform of the LP because the party was the only people-oriented.
Akpata disclosed this on Friday in reaction to the viral video showing some disgruntled lawyers destroying conference booths and looting conference materials on Tuesday night.
Maikyau who succeeded Olumide Akpata-led administration was sworn in Friday, as the 31st President of the NBA, having won the virtual election held in July with 38,000 electoral votes.At the swearing-in ceremony which was held at Eko Hotel & Suites, the venue of the Association conference, Maikyau thanked God for bringing him this far.
The traditional marriage is scheduled to hold in the spouse’s compound at Ekenwan Road, Benin, Edo State this month
Akpata said this in his 46th and 47th combined Convocation Lecture of the University of Benin, his Alma mater.
The President of the NBA made the pledge at a news conference on the development in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Friday.
The association, in a statement on Saturday, signed by its President, Olumide Akpata, described the development as an ‘orchestrated attempt against the Judiciary’.
MPIHDH had in its statement called on the national leadership of NBA to sanction the Warri branch chairman over his account of the alleged invasion of the court
Akpata made the call in his goodwill message on Saturday in Lagos as the country marks this year’s Democracy Day.
Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, had on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter barely 48 hours after the microblogging site deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari referencing the country’s civil war, and threatening to treat those attacking government buildings “with the language they understand.”
The virtual training, with the theme: “Access to Justice for Victims and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria,” focused on the human rights violations recorded during and after the #EndSARS protest
The association made the call in a letter signed by the branch Chairman, Yemi Akangbe and Chairman, NBA Lagos Human Rights Committee, Okey Ilofulunwa, dated October 30.
NBA’s President, Olumide Akpata condemned the act in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.