Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaAbout 500 people have signed a new petition asking the Nigerian Bar Association to remove Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the list of speakers in the upcoming Annual General Conference of the NBA. The petition, which was started by Usani Odum on change.org, has garnered nearly 500 signatures barely hours after it was initiated. The summary of the petition read, “The senseless killings in southern Kaduna must stop. The political correctness of Governor El-Rufai on national TV is diversionary. !”Meanwhile, several lawyers have publicly indicated that they will not be attending the NBA conference if the leadership of the bar insists on el-Rufai.

Source: Punch August 19, 2020 14:37 UTC