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I congratulate Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, on her election as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association.

Her victory reflects the confidence of the Bar in her leadership and marks another significant milestone for women in the legal profession.

The NBA remains a critical pillar in the defence of constitutional democracy, the rule of law, human rights and judicial independence.

I urge the new leadership to uphold these values with courage and independence while advancing equal access to justice for all Nigerians.

I wish Mrs. Badejo-Okusanya and her team a successful and impactful tenure. —AA

MIKOLOWISKA:
Confused man. Shebi je condemned the election ḿ

Ofunaofu:
Atiku didn't condemn the election. Get your facts right. He only condemned the Tinubu government's meddling in the NBA election.

yarimo:
Congratulations Mrs OYINKANSOLA BADEJO-OKUSANYA

Parachoko:
So he's now Congratulating someone Tulumbu rig for?

AntiChristian:
Cho cho cho Atiku!

Shebi he talk say Tinubu dey involved somehow?

If na appointment now many will cry chickens and foul!

But no be by tribe or gender!

ogododo:
NBA Election: Tinubu’s meddling is a test run of rigging 2027 polls

We are concerned that President Bola Tinubu has brought his state-sponsored toxic politics of coronation to bear on the election of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

Curiously, this same strategy of imposition without allowing for free, fair and credible elections is what the Tinubu-led APC administration is working assiduously towards in the 2027 General Elections. To achieve this, the President is weakening opposition parties by instigating crises in the parties, destroying our democratic institutions and focused on rigging the elections.

Sadly, the wild seeds of coronation that is being sowed all over the place, has found accommodation in the NBA Election.

There have been media reports of how this government and its agents have resorted to the use of the courts to railroad members of the Bar into settling for its preferred candidate. This, to say the least, is a dangerous precedent that is capable of widening our fault lines, which this administration's politics has turned into craters.

What is playing out in the NBA is clearly a confirmation that what Tinubu cannot compromise does not exist.

We wish to state that NBA Election remains the sole responsibility of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) appointed by the NBA NEC. This has been the practice under the NBA Constitution, 2015 (as amended).

By seeking to enthrone its preferred candidate by armtwisting the NBA to disqualify two of the prospective candidates, the Tinubu presidency was simply adopting its play book to have the candidates of the opposition parties disqualified through the instrunentality of the courts and the electoral umpire.

We wish to sound a note of warning to officials of the Tinubu government who are still desperate in achieving a preconceived result to give the NBA a break to organise a democratic election that will pave the way for a smooth transition of power. That is something that Tinubu may eventually learn from.

It is disgraceful and a negation of democracy that inspite of the failed efforts to shift the polls, even with the open support of the Attorney General of the Federation, officials of government are now deploying security agents to arrest service providers and frustrate the election.

This desperation shows how the Tinubu-led APC government plans to use government agencies to rig the 2027 general elections.

Signed:
Atiku Media Office
Abuja
16 July 2026.

Lithiumite:
Wasn't it same atiku that was criticising the process that led to her emergence and accusing tinubu of holding primordial interest in the process......same atiku is doing a 360 to congratulate the winner.......how more flippant can a man who wants to be president be?

Nackzy:
Atiku Congratulate Tinubu's Ally

anonimi:
Can anyone be more flippant than the balablu bulaba master strategist of propaganda lies in Aso Rock?

The one who said Buhari was expired in 2011 but went to Kaduna four years later to beg him out of retirement so he could make Jonathan a one term president, thereby ending 16 years of PDP prosperity, peace and security with cheap petrol, cheap dollars, low unemployment, low inflation, high productivity and low debt burden!

NewHe:
Nothing but illusions,wake up o!

anonimi:
March 21, 2011

Tinubu rules out alliance with CPC

Prospect of a possible alliance between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, was dashed yesterday in Kano as the leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu described CPC as parading “expired leadership.”

Tinubu told ACN supporters in Kano during the party’s Presidential rally that: “What Nigerians need now is a transformation in leadership” as obtained in the advanced economy.

The two-term Governor of Lagos State explained that the leadership of ACN was offering Nigeria the brilliance of Nuhu Ribadu who, he said, is in the class of Nicolas Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain, Medvedev of Russia and Barack Obama of the United States of America.

“What has CPC got to offer? We certainly don’t need expired leadership as we are offering the best in terms of brilliance, courage and patriotism in the class of Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain and Barack Obama of the USA.”

Tinubu’s position came on the heels of Ribadu’s declaration penultimate week in Kaduna when he hinted during a political rally of a joint ticket between the two opposition parties to confront the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The national leader of ACN criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for shying away from the national debate held last Friday, stressing that”that singular act exposed Jonathan as a coward who has nothing to offer.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/tinubu-rules-out-alliance-with-cpc/

Lithiumite:
Wasn't it same atiku that was criticising the process that led to her emergence and accusing tinubu of holding primordial interest in the process......same atiku is doing a 360 to congratulate the winner.......how more flippant can a man who wants to be president be?

Thedon22:
I am waiting for Atikus mentee to follow suit and congratulate the woman. Obi is a yes daddy man.

Ofunaofu:
https://www.facebook.com/100044152610571/posts/pfbid02v79wDS8pUTpwuCm1hiHMJ8HbQ7UC4u2QaqyJkKwHVA6sbRfdBxxTEPnXHyp9LXgl/

Lithiumite:
Wasn't it same atiku that was criticising the process that led to her emergence and accusing tinubu of holding primordial interest in the process......same atiku is doing a 360 to congratulate the winner.......how more flippant can a man who wants to be president be?

Ofunaofu:
Atiku didn't condemn the election. Get your facts right. He only condemned the Tinubu government's meddling in the NBA election.