Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, strengthened her lead in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election on Saturday, moving closer to becoming the association’s first elected female president.
Badejo-Okusanya is seeking to succeed the incumbent NBA President, Afam Osigwe, SAN.
Results monitored on the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association election portal at 9:00 pm showed Badejo-Okusanya polling 10,554 votes, representing 46.16 per cent of the ballots counted.
Her closest rival, Lateef Akangbe, SAN, had secured 7,020 votes, while Aare Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, polled 5,289 votes, accounting for 23.13 per cent of the votes cast.
With 22,863 votes counted, Badejo-Okusanya had established a lead of more than 3,500 votes over Akangbe.
Earlier results released at 11:33 am had also placed her in front with 4,860 votes, or 41.77 per cent of the ballots counted. Akangbe had polled 3,851 votes (33.10 per cent), while Akinboro recorded 2,924 votes (25.13 per cent).
Founded in 1933, the Nigerian Bar Association is the umbrella body for legal practitioners in the country. The association has been led exclusively by male presidents throughout its history, and Badejo-Okusanya’s victory would mark a historic milestone as the first woman to be elected president of the NBA.
