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Olumide Akpata has emerged winner of the national elections of the Nigerian Bar Association (the “NBA”). He defeated two other contestants who are Senior Advocates of Nigeria (“SAN”). Akpata won the election with a total of 9,891 votes of the total 18,256 ballots cast, while Babatunde Ajibade (SAN) polled 4,328 votes and Dele Adesina (SAN) polled 3,982 votes.
Olumide Akpata is a Senior Partner at Templars, a top tier law firm with offices in the cosmopolitan cities of Lagos, Port-Harcourt and Abuja. He joined in the formation of Templars at age 23 and has grown the firm into one of the largest law firms in Nigeria with a workforce of about 100 lawyers.
Olumide has distinguished himself as a corporate and commercial lawyer and has advised on various aspects of Nigerian Corporate and Commercial Law, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Corporate Law, Labour and Employment, Media entertainment, technology, and regulatory compliance. He was elected as Secretary of the NBA Section on Business Law (“SBL”) in January 2012, and subsequently as the Vice-chairman in August 2014, before emerging as the Chairman in August 2016.
He has also participated actively in the International Bar Organization (“IBA”) where, besides representing the NBA on the Council of the IBA from 2014 to 2016, he also served as the Vice-Chairman of the IBA Africa Regional Forum, Member of the IBA Presidential Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession, Member of the IBA Credentials Committee and Officer/Member of the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee.
To assist Olumide Akpata in executing his transformational agenda are John O Aikpokpo-Martins who emerged as the first Vice President with 6,010 votes, and Adeyemo Kazeem Debo who emerged second Vice President with 8,794 votes. Others include Oduah Joyce, General Secretary; Nwadialo Esther Uchenna, Assistant Secretary; Mercy Ijato Agada, Treasurer; and Edun Olukunle, Welfare Secretary. Anagor Raphael Nnamdi is the new Financial Secretary; Nduka Rapuluchukwu Ernest (PhD) is Publicity Secretary, while Naza Ferdinand Afam is Assistant Publicity Secretary.
Hearty congratulations to the new leadership of the NBA and we look forward to transformational leadership and an all-inclusive Bar.
