By Folayimika Akanbi
Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has been reportedly elected the new President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Badejo-Okusanya emerged as the second female president of the association since 1960 in spite of the controversy surrounding the conduct of the election.
The election has been enmeshed in controversy following allegations and counter allegations of a series of ploys to circumvent the election process in a favour of a predetermined presidential candidate.
Wind Gate News reports that the poll, which also produced other members of the National Executive of the association, was conducted via electronic voting.
A lawyer and human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, confirmed the election of the new president in a post on his verified Facebook Page.
It was learnt that over 82,000 eligible voters were accredited for the online election.
The result sighted on “real time voters’ dashboard for the 2026 NBA national elections,” showed that Badejo-Okusanya, as at 9:20pm on Saturday night, led the other two presidential candidates with 11,206 votes (46:62% of total votes cast for the presidential category).
Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe (SAN) was following with 7,335 (30:51 %) while Aare Olumuyiwa Akinboro (SAN) had 5,498 (22:87%).
It would be recalled that Dame Priscilla Olabori Kuye was first female president of NBA between 1991 and 1992
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