A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Afam Osigwe, has emerged as the president-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
Osigwe, the former Secretary-General of NBA, got the highest number of votes for the position of the president from the results of the 2024 NBA election held online.
Similarly, Mrs Bridget Ijeoma Edokwe emerged as the Publicity Secretary of the association.
The voting, which started at 12am on Saturday, ended at 1.59pm with the live results for all positions displayed real-time.
Osigwe secured 20,395 votes, defeating his closest rival and chairman of the NBA Institute of Continuing Legal Education Governing Council, Tobenna Erojikwe, who scored 10,970 votes, while former chairman of NBA Lagos Branch, Chukwuka Ikwuazom, SAN, got 9,007 votes.
Osigwe will take over from the outgoing president of NBA, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN.
Afam Osigwe emerges new NBA president