{"id":85759,"date":"2024-07-21T11:25:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T11:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dnllegalandstyle.com\/dnl\/?p=85759"},"modified":"2024-07-21T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T11:25:25","slug":"ecnba-declares-afam-osigwe-winner-of-nba-presidential-election-says-no-formal-notice-of-withdrawal-received-from-any-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dnllegalandstyle.com\/dnl\/ecnba-declares-afam-osigwe-winner-of-nba-presidential-election-says-no-formal-notice-of-withdrawal-received-from-any-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"ECNBA Declares Afam Osigwe Winner of NBA Presidential Election, Says No Formal Notice of Withdrawal Received from Any Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has declared
\nMazi Afam Osigwe (SAN) as the duly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).<\/p>\n

The ECNBA made the pronouncement\u00a0 at exactly 11:16 am, today at a formal conference held today. According to the Electoral body, a total of 40656 voters participated in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n

Mazi won the keenly contested election with a total of 20,435 votes to defeat his two opponents; Mr. Tobenna Erojikwe his closest rival garnered 10,998 votes while Chukwuka Ikwuazom (SAN), got 9,018 votes.<\/p>\n

Recall that Ikwuazom had during the election issued a statement withdrawing from the race.<\/a> He cited “alarming developments that have compromised the integrity of the electoral process.”\u00a0 However, according to the ECNBA Chairman, no such notice was received by the electoral body. He stated that the ECNBA members read about the purported withdrawal like every other person on social media. He noted that the process of the election was transparent and devoid of any compromise.<\/p>\n

Other winners at the polls were; Sabastine Anyia who emerged as the 1st Vice-President with 12,114 votes, while his closest rival, Bartholomew Aguegbodo, garnered 6,864 votes.<\/p>\n

Mrs Bolatumi Animashaun won the 2nd Vice-President position with 26,534 votes, defeating Pius Oiwoh, who scored 11,121 votes.<\/p>\n

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For the 3rd Vice-President position, Mrs Zainab Garba won with 23,550 votes, while her closest rival, Michael Olorunmola, got 13,897 votes.<\/div>\n
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Dr Mobolaji Ojibara emerged as the General Secretary with 25,713 votes, while his rival, Abdulwasiu Alfa, received 11,730 votes.<\/p>\n

Henry Ehi won the Assistant General Secretary position with 28,552 votes, defeating Oluwaseun Aka, who got 8,317 votes.<\/p>\n

Mrs Blessing Udofa-Poromon secured the Treasurer position with 17,998 votes, defeating her closest rival, Mbamala Chukwuemeka, who garnered 9,825 votes.<\/p>\n

Also, Nyada Auta won the Welfare Secretary position with 18,369 votes, defeating Oaikhena Osagie, who scored 12,855 votes.<\/p>\n

Mrs Bridget Edokwe won the Publicity Secretary position with 19,542 votes, defeating Charles Ajiboye, who scored 10,989 votes. While, for the Assistant Publicity Secretary position, Miss Ebiere Ekpese won with 26,955 votes, defeating Lawrence Ayewa, who scored 9,690 votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has declared Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN) as the duly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The ECNBA made the pronouncement\u00a0 at exactly 11:16 am, today at a formal conference held today. According to the Electoral body, a total of 40656 voters participated in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":49960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-news","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t