In this interview with OLADIMEJI RAMON, the President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Olumide Akpata, refutes allegations of electoral malpractices and speaks on some of his programmes fo...
, the President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Olumide Akpata, refutes allegations of electoral malpractices and speaks on some of his programmes for the associationyour winning the NBA election come to you as a surprise, given that you contested against two Senior Advocates of Nigeria?
So, are you saying that if Gbenga Oyebode decides he wants to be president of the bar today, he cannot? It is an indictment on those who even make that argument. Are you saying that if Asue Ighodalo decides he wants to be president of the bar today, he cannot? Or let us even assume that age will permit Papa Ogunbajo and he says he wants to be president of the bar today, are you saying he cannot? I think that argument was self-serving; it was convenient at the time.
Those who ask me about the process, I keep saying to them, I didn’t conduct an election; I participated in an election and at various points in that journey, I identified to those who were conducting the process, what I thought the shortcomings were and I am on record as the only one who essentially did that. So, those who are coming out now , they are the ones who do election petitions, I don’t. These are post-election issues.
It’s NBA’s third attempt at e-voting. Do you see the NBA showing Nigeria how it can use the e-voting model for the nation’s general elections? The NBA is a microcosm of Nigeria. The issues we confront in the mainstream society are the issues we confront in the NBA. How difficult can it be to know every lawyer in Nigeria once you have a data base? When election comes, hand over the data base to those who will conduct the election. It is simple.
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