A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL), Olumide Akpata, has emerged winner of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) national elections.

Akpata defeated two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), to become the first non-SAN president in years.

He finished the polls with a total of 9,891 votes out of the total 18,256 ballots cast.

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Babatunde Ajibade (SAN) garnered 4,328 votes, while Dele Adesina (SAN) got 3,982 votes.

The NBA’s national election ended at 11 pm on Thursday.

Akpata maintained a 54.3 percent lead consistently since voting started at 11 pm on Wednesday.

A total of 29,636 lawyers were expected to vote nationwide in the electronic poll.