Olumide Akpata
6 Dec 2023
About two weeks ago, Mr Olumide Akpata, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), at the International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Paris, France, lamented that only by sheer luck will the Nigerian judiciary
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A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has admonished the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem to offer more cogent reasons on the discrepancy in the Kano governorship election judgment to safe the face of the judiciary.
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