UPDATED: Badejo-Okusanya wins NBA presidential race, to become second female president
Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya has been elected as the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association, becoming the second woman to hold the position in the organization's history. She secured victory by winning 47.18 percent of the votes in an electronic election.
Why it matters
This election marks a significant milestone for gender representation in Nigeria's legal leadership, as the association prepares for its upcoming annual conference.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has elected Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as its next president after she polled the most votes when voting officially ended Sunday morning.
Mrs Badejo-Okusanya, the only female among the three presidential candidates, polled 12,317 votes to emerge as the winner of the election which was held through electronic voting for 24 hours, from 7:35 a.m. on Saturday to 7:34 a.m. on Sunday.
The SAN defeated her two male challengers, receiving 47.18 per cent of the 26,106 ballots cast in the presidential election, based on the final tally on the Live Election Results dashboard maintained by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA).
Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, also a SAN, secured 7,934 votes (30.39 per cent) to come second and Olumuyiwa Akinboro, another SAN, polled 5,855 votes (22.43 per cent) to take the third position.
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