The association warned that the use of life bullets on innocent and harmless citizens will aggravate the already tense atmosphere in the country as occasioned by alleged police brutality.
Browsing: Olumide Akpata
This was stated in the communique issued at the end of the stakeholders meeting between the NBA President, Olumide Akpata, and the branch Chairmen and leaders of the Northern geopolitical zone of the NBA.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akpata was sworn in by the outgone NBA President, Dr. Paul Usoro (SAN), at NBA’s Virtual Annual General Meeting.
He also said Ekiti State and the NGF would also partner with the new leadership of the Bar on Gender-Based Violence and other agenda crucial to national development.
Gbagi, in a statement issued to the media on Sunday, questioned the motives and sincerity of those against Akpata’s emergence, while also underscoring the need for reforms in the NBA.
The President, in a statement by his Spokesman, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, wished Akpata every success in the new position of leading Nigerian lawyers to chart a path of professional development and fulfillment.
Akpata defeated two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Dr. Babatunde Ajibade and Dele Adesina, to emerge winner
The Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) had at 6:30pm on Wednesday circulated the final list of accredited voters, while elections began at 11pm on the same day