Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday met behind closed doors with the new Executives members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The NBA had kicked against the Department of State Services (DSS) over arrest of some judges on allegations of corruption. The umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country described the raid the arrest of the judicial officers as unconstitutional and clearly outside the mandate of the Service.
The President of the NBA, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), at Abuja, few days after the raid said, contrary to the claim by the DSS the two Justices of the apex court, Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro, were never invited and there was no formal complaints against them before their
However, no official statement has been issued concerning the purpose of the visit to Osinbajo and issues discussed at the time of filing this report. But the visit was said to be a courtesy call on Osinbajo by the new executive of NBA. “It was a courtesy call. The new NBA officers wanted to meet with him after their elections,” a source said. Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud had emerged as the new president of the NBA in an election in August 3,055 votes to defeat his rival, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, who got 2,384 votes.
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