Akpata beats Ajibade, Adesina to become new NBA president

A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL), Olumide Akpata, won the association’s national election which ended at 11 p.m on Thursday.The poll got underway at 11 p.m on Wednesday.
Akpata, the only non-Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) among three candidates, had polled 9,851 votes (54.3 per cent) as at 11 p.m on Thursday.
His closest challenger was Dr. Babatunde Ajibade (SAN) who polled 4,310 votes (23.8 per cent).
A former NBA General Secretary, Dele Adesina (SAN), scored 3,968 (21.9 per cent) of the votes cast.