Tag: Ex-NBA president

Ex-NBA president, Olanipekun seeks suspension of 1999 “military” Constitution

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Olanipekun seeks

…Advocates referendum A legal luminary and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has urged the 10th National Assembly to suspend the on-going amendment of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), describing the current document as a “military albatross” that continues to haunt Nigeria. Olanipekun made the call on Monday at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), while delivering the institution’s 13th convocation lecture, titled: ‘Nigeria – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Imperative of a Sober and Definitive Recalibration’. The former Chairman of the Body of Benchers and…

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“Nigeria must resist one-Party State” – Ex-NBA President 

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Ex NBA President

Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joseph Daudu (SAN) and other experts have called on the citizens to resist a one-party State, saying the Constitution envisages a multi-party democracy. Daudu spoke at the 13th webinar on the overview and mid-term report of the administration of President Bola Tinubu between May 2023 and May 2025, organised by the ‘Rule of Law Development Foundation’, yesterday. Daudu, who is the coordinator of the Foundation, described the alleged moves to establish a one-party State as “selfish, evil and counter-productive”. He warned that…

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Nigerian politicians playing Russian roulette with Judiciary Ex-NBA president

Aminu Imam

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, says it is only by sheer luck that the Nigerian judiciary can produce a good judge. Akpata stated this recently at the International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Paris, France. Addressing the gathering, the former NBA president noted that Nigeria remains the largest black nation on earth, adding that the country is confronted with a major problem he termed, judiciary capture. Similarly, a law professor and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, shared Akpatas perspectives…

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