The leadership of the New Nigerian Bar Association said they are extending their membership beyond the North, noting that the body is not about regional affairs.
One of the conveners of the new body of lawyers, Nuhu Ibrahim, said this in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH in Kaduna on Tuesday.
Ibrahim insisted that they had the right as enshrined in the constitution to belong to any association and at the same time opt out whenever necessary.He said, “In my own view, as far as I am concerned, there is no crack in the legal profession. You may wish to say there is a crack in the NBA but that’s in your own opinion, as so many people see it. But I don’t see it that way.
“To have an alternate platform is a constitutional right of all as enshrined in the constitution. The fact that you are a lawyer does not mean you will remain within the fold of the NBA as an association which is just like any other association in the country.
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