The race to become the next President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is currently tightly contested after voting resumed on Saturday following an earlier delay caused by a cyberattack on the association’s electronic voting platform.
Voting commenced at 7:35 a.m. on Saturday after the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) restored its electronic voting system and introduced additional security measures to protect the integrity of the election.
NBA President, Afam OsigweThe poll had originally been scheduled to begin at 12:00 a.m. but was delayed after the committee said the platform came under a coordinated cyberattack.
Early results released on the voting dashboard show a closely fought three-way contest among the presidential candidates, with none establishing a commanding lead as lawyers across the country continue to cast their votes.
At the time of filing this report, a total of 6,442 votes had been recorded in the presidential election. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN) was
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