Tinubu meets new NBA chair, Badejo-Okusanya [VIDEO]

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received the President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

 Badejo-Okusanya was accompanied to the meeting by some senior lawyers and other lawyers who were on her campaign team.

Recall that Badejo-Okusanya has been elected the 33rd President of the NBA.

She secured a total of 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 per cent of the total votes cast in Saturday’s NBA national election.

The first female NBA president defeated her closest challengers, Lateef Akangbe, SAN, who garnered 7,934 votes, and Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, who polled 5,855 votes.

Tinubu had congratulated her on her election as the first elected female President of the NBA, describing her victory as a milestone for the legal profession and a triumph for merit, excellence and gender inclusion.

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