BY EMMA AMAIZE

WARRI—NATIONAL Coordinator of the Forum for Justice and Human Rights Defence, FJHD, Delta State, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi, has called on the national executive of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, to reconsider its decision to pull out of the on-going national conference.

Ikimi, a lawyer, told Vanguard on phone, “I disagree with the decision of the national executive of NBA,  led by Chief Okey Wali, SAN, recently in Akure, Ondo State, as the said decision was a tactical blunder. I, therefore, call for an immediate withdrawal of the above decision as same is not in the interest of the body and its members.

“Though, I appreciate the fact that allotting a slot to a body like NBA was unfair. However, pulling out of the national conference was a comedy of error,  as the only representative to the conference would have been able to canvass the position of the body at the conference, bearing in mind that almost one/third, if not more of the delegates are lawyers and members of NBA,” he said.