NBA President, Paul Usoro, Speaks About Withdrawal Of El-Rufai’s Guest-Speaker Invitation

President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro, has defended the association’s decision to withdraw the invitation earlier issued to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to be a guest speaker at its Annual General Conference. Mr Usoro, on Friday, also denied the allegation of ethnic and religious bias against Mr El-Rufai. The National Executive Committee of the lawyers’ association, on Thursday, rescinded its decision on the participation of Mr El-Rufai who has been billed to be one of the main speakers at the conference. The Kaduna governor was…

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NBA: EFCC Bring Lawyers To Book For Allegedly Rigging NBA 2018 Election

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed cyber fraud charges against two lawyers for allegedly rigging the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2018, national elections. In a report by The Nation newspaper, on Monday, The EFCC accused – Sarah Ajibola, and John Demide, with 14 counts before the Federal High Court in Lagos State. The defendants were also accused of manipulating the election in favour of incumbent NBA President, Paul Usoro. Mr Usoro, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, had emerged the president of the NBA after he polled 4,509…

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