BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI

ABUJA — Legal practitioners across the federation, yesterday, elected Mr.  Augustine Alegeh, SAN, as the new national  president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.

Augustine Alegeh
SAN

Alegeh who is from the Benin branch of the NBA, polled 691 votes to defeat Mr. Oladele Adeshina, SAN, who came 2nd in the electoral contest having polled a total of  370 votes.

Whereas Mrs. Olufunke Adekoya, SAN, who also vied for the position, got 255 votes, two other contenders, Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, and Mr. Osas Erhabor polled 126 and 17 votes respectively.
Likewise, Mr. Afam Osigwe was yesterday elected to take over from Mr. Emeka Obegolu as the General Secretary of the association.

Meanwhile, the new NBA executives will officially assume office on August 29 when the two years tenure of the current leadership of the association under Chief Okey Wali, SAN, will expire.
The election which was conducted amidst tight security, had a total of 1728 registered delegates and 1482 accredited voters.