A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, will be taking over from Olumide Akpata, who was elected in 2020.
Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has emerged as the 36th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), held on Saturday.
He polled a total of 22,342 votes to defeat two other contenders, Messrs Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN), Chairman of the NBA Securities Agencies Relations Committee; and Jonathan Taidi, a former General Secretary of the NBA.
Chairman of the NBA Electoral Committee, Ayodele Akintunde (SAN), who announced the results on Sunday, said the total number of people on the final voter register stood at 59,392, while about 3,000 could not vote since they were unable to verify their data.
The elections were conducted through electronic voting.
“A total of 59,392 records were received as people on final voter register, and we were able to upload 59,388 records with four records being invalid contact information.
“A total of 34, 809 votes were cast representing 58.61 per cent of the total number of eligible voters, while 1,314 ballots opened but were not cast,” he said.
He said that Mr Maikyau polled 22,342 votes, representing 64.6 per cent of votes cast for the office of the president, while Mr Gadzama polled 10,842 votes and Mr Taidi polled 1,380.
Other winners at the elections include Linda Bala as NBA First Vice President with a total of 21,717 votes, representing 66.3 per cent of votes cast for the office.
Clement Ugo was elected NBA Second Vice President with a total of 11,377 votes, representing 38.6 per cent of votes cast for the office.
Amanda Demechi-Asagba, President of the African Women Lawyers Association, emerged NBA Third Vice President with a total of 19,602 votes, representing 64.6 per cent of votes cast for the office.
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