By our Reporter
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has elected Yakubu Maikyau as its president in keenly contested election.
Maikyau, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), emerged the winner of the election after securing a total of 22,342 votes to defeat his major opponent, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, another SAN who polled 10,842 votes.
The third candidate for the association’s top office, Taidi Gunu, clinched 380 votes, representing 4 per cent of the total 34,554 votes that were tallied for the position.
The election commenced at 12 noon on Saturday, July 16, and ended at 12 midnight.
The election produced other officers of the association.
Adesina Adegbite emerged as the General Secretary, while Daniel Ka-Ayli was elected Assistant General Secretary.
Chinyere Obasi was elected as National Welfare Secretary, Habeeb Lawal as the National Publicity Secretary, Olawole Ajiboye as the Assistant Publicity Secretary and Anze-Bishop Ladidi as the Treasurer.
The lawyers’ union also elected Linda Bala as 1st Vice President of the association, Clement Ugo as 2nd Vice President and Amanda Demechi-Asagba as the 3rd Vice President.
Similarly, the NBA elected 20 lawyers as members of the NBA General Council to represent the Western, Eastern and Northern zones of lawyers in the country.