Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya on Saturday emerged as the winner of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, becoming the 33rd president of the law association.
Badejo-Okusanya polled 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 percent of the total votes cast, to defeat her closest challenger, Lateef Akangbe, who secured 7,934 votes (30.39%).
With this victory, Badejo-Okusanya will serve as the NBA President for a two-year tenure from 2026 to 2028, becoming only the second woman to lead the NBA after Priscilla Kuye, who served from 1991 to 1992.
Olumuyiwa Akinboro, the third presidential candidate, polled 5,855 votes, representing 22.43 percent of the total votes.
Badejo-Okusanya is the second woman to lead the NBA in its history, and the first to be elected directly. In more than three decades, Funke Adekoya, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was the only other woman to contest the NBA presidency. She ran in 2006 and again in 2014 but was unsuccessful.
Foluke Dada-Lawanson also entered the 2026 race before withdrawing after Egbe Amofin O’odua adopted a consensus candidate from the western zone.
The results, shown on the ECNBA portal and confirmed by Ejelam, revealed that 26,184 of the association’s 82,172 registered voters participated in the election, representing a turnout of 31.86 per cent.
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