Afam Osigwe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has emerged as the Nigerian Bar Association's (NBA) president-elect after a highly competitive electoral process.
According to the results of the 2024 NBA election, which were conducted online and observed by our correspondent, Osigwe, the former NBA Secretary-General, received the most votes for the position of President.
Voting began at 12am on Saturday and finished at 1.59pm, with live results for all positions posted in real-time on https://go.ecnba.org/results/ .
As at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Osigwe garnered 20,395 votes, defeating his closest rival and chairman of the NBA Institute of Continuing Legal Education Governing Council, Tobenna Erojikwe, who secured 10,970 votes, and former NBA Lagos Branch chairman Chukwuka Ikwuazom (SAN), who had 9,007 votes.
Osigwe is set to succeed the outgoing president of NBA, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN).
More details will be reported as events unfold.
