Ahead of the forthcoming annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, crisis has erupted within the leadership of the association, IgbereTV reports
In the early hours of Saturday, the General Secretary of the Association, Mrs Joyce Oduah had sent out a mail asking members to disregard early notices on the annual general meeting of the association sent by her and the Assistant General Secretary, Uche Nwadialo.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled to hold during the annual general conference is the last AGM of the Akpata administration.
The email by the general secretary was titled “Withdrawal of Notice of Proposed Amendment, Notice of AGM & Minutes of AGM of Oct, 2021.”
The mail informed members of a “Revised Notice of Annual General Meeting” and also attached “Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on the 28th of October, 2021 in preparation for the Annual General Meeting of 25th August, 2021 in Lagos.”
Hours after the mail was sent out to NBA members, the President of the NBA, Olumide Akpata issued a disclaimer to the effect that “the notice of withdrawal sent out by Mrs. Oduah was done without any approval and consultation with the National Bar leadership and as such, the earlier notices of the amendment sent out by both the General Secretary and the Assistant General Secretary remain valid until a decision is reached at the NBA Annual General Meeting”.
The disclaimer which was personally signed by Akpata is contained in a statement titled “RE: Disclaimer of Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Constitutional Amendments (NBA AGM 2022)
