Badejo-Okusanya Clinches NBA Presidency With 12,317 Votes, Defeats Akangbe, Akinboro

---Polls 12, 317 to beat Akangbe’s 7,934 and Akinboro’s 5,855 as ECNBA declares winner in election across 139 branches























ABUJA - Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo - Okusanya, has been declared President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, becoming the second woman to lead the Bar in its 93-year history.
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, ECNBA, announced the result on Sunday at its collation centre in Abuja after electronic voting ended in 139 NBA branches nationwide.
Declaring the results, ECNBA Chairman, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, said Badejo-Okusanya secured a decisive victory.
  
“By the powers vested in this Committee, I hereby declare Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, duly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association for the 2026-2028 term, having polled the highest number of valid votes,” Gadzama stated.
According to the final figures released by the Committee, Badejo-Okusanya polled 12, 317votes representing 47.18% of votes cast.  
Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN, came second with 7,934 votes, while Aare Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, polled 5,855 votes.
A total of 22,863 members voted out of 82,213 lawyers eligible to participate in the election.

In her acceptance speech, the President-elect described the outcome as a win for inclusion in the legal profession.  
“I am deeply grateful to members of the Bar for this mandate,” Badejo-Okusanya said. “This is not about me alone. It is about opening doors and building a Bar that delivers for every lawyer, regardless of gender or location.”

She added: “Our focus will be to strengthen the rule of law, protect the independence of the Bar, and prioritize the welfare of members across the country.”
Badejo-Okusanya will succeed the outgoing administration of Afam Osigwe, SAN, when the new executive is inaugurated during the NBA Annual General Conference.
The 2026 presidency was zoned to the Western region and the election was conducted electronically through the NBA voting portal.
With this election, the NBA founded in 1933 will have a woman at the helm for the second time.
Further details on the transition will be released by the ECNBA.