The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos has fixed November 9, 2021, for the re-arraignment of two lawyers, accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to have manipulated the 2018 Nigerian Bar Association Election that produced Mr. Paul Usoro, SAN, as NBA President. The two lawyers to be re-arraigned before Justice Tijani Ringim are Sarah Ajibola and John Demide. The EFCC in a charge marked FHC/L/118c/2020, accused the defendants of manipulating about 1,004 eligible votes which gave Usoro victory over other contenders. The two lawyers were alleged to have committed the act to favour the former NBA President, Mr. Paul Usoro, SAN, using a smoke model on IP address 169.159.65.190 to commit the electoral fraud. Some of the voters’ names allegedly falsified by the two lawyers include Gabriel Oladipo with Supreme Court of Nigeria No.

Source: Punch July 07, 2021 23:03 UTC