A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, on Wednesday, 20 July, alleged that the recent election the Nigerian Bar Association conducted to elect its national officers, was rigged.
Gadzama, who was the runner-up in the NBA presidential election, maintained that the technology the association adopted, “was highly vulnerable and most susceptible to electronic fraud, rigging and pre-programming of votes.”
Consequently, he asked the Electoral Committee of the NBA, ECNBA, to allow an immediate audit of the server that was used for the election.
Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, was declared the winner of the presidential election the NBA conducted on July 16.
Maikyau polled a total of 22,342 votes to defeat his major challenger, Gadzama, who got 10, 842 votes out of a total of 34, 564 votes that were cast for the position.
The 3rd contender for the NBA top position, Mr. Taidi Gunu, garnered 1, 380 votes, representing 4 percent of a total number of 34, 554 votes that were cast for the position.
While announcing the results, the Chairman of the ECNBA, Mr Ayodele Akintunde, SAN, disclosed that out of a total of 59, 392 records of eligible voters from the NBA database, 59, 388 records were okayed to vote.
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