What a shame. Of course justice must be done and any aggrieved party has the right to go to court. But let’s look at the facts. Nigeria, a country of say, 160 Million people out of which let’s say 50,000 are lawyers and member of NBA. About 25,000 was said to have been eligible to vote in the electronic election, the first in the history of the Association. In the election of the President less than 5,500 voted for two candidates and NBA could not do this election without rancor? An one of the complaints was that even senior lawyers had difficulties finding their names in the Voters Register. In 2016? And senior members of this Association represent many of our politicians in various court cases including election tribunals? Come on Nigerians. Surely we are better than this!!

Are we so bereft of credible leadership in all areas of our national life? When a senior lawyer was reported to have stated that four contestants in the 2014 election of this Association were said to have spent 1.2 Billion Naira that tells it all. A professional office that will take an incumbent away from his practice for two years with no remuneration costing the officer an arm and a leg, must have something else to it that does not meet the eye. I give it to Nigeria and Nigerians, we have a long list of records in Guinness Book of records.