A group has resolved to truncate the forthcoming inauguration of the NBA President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata by securing an injunctive order of a Court through a “friendly” Judge.
This was a resolution at a virtual meeting of the Group held on 20th day of August, 2020 which was attended by prominent Lawyers in Nigeria.
This development is coming in the wake of the keenly contested July 2020 NBA elections.
The Group appears to have taken over sectional platform to vent their misgivings and legitimize their grievances about the election.
It gathered that at the virtual meeting, the Group, while claiming that the election which had over 19,000 lawyers voting was a fraud, boasted that they will use the instrumentality of Nigerian court system to truncate the inauguration scheduled for 29th August 2020.
A source disclosed that the meeting was attended by one of the contestants in the concluded elections with his supporters who are prominent Lawyers.
At the meeting, these prominent supporters made it clear that they were perfecting plans to obtain an injunctive relief from a friendly judge.
The meeting attendees further resolved to create a rival body to the NBA. Particularly, the prominent supporters were in a hurry to approve a new draft constitution for the Group and concluded that it was time to form a parallel body to the NBA.
They set this in motion by setting up a committee to finalize the details the constitution of this parallel organisation.
In a related development, a prominent Lawyer, had at the meeting boasted of rallying some first-class traditional rulers to call the Ooni of Ife and impress on him not to receive the NBA President-Elect at his palace two Sundays ago.
This development is worrisome, and it appears the intent is targeted at frustrating the efforts of the President-Elect of the NBA and his team as they gear up for the commencement of the new administration.
Lawyers and indeed Nigerians are hoping that the Group will allow reason to prevail and desist from the path being towed for the good of the NBA.
