Badejo-Okusanya Set to Emerge as NBA President

Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is on the verge of becoming the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). This potential victory would make her the second woman to lead the prominent lawyers' organization in the country. As voting concluded, Badejo-Okusanya had garnered 12,317 votes, representing 47.18% of the total cast for the presidential position. Her closest competitor, Mr. Lateef Akangbe, SAN, received 7,934 votes (30.39%), while the consensus candidate of the Omo Egbe Amofin O’odua, Are Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, secured third place with 5,855 votes (22.43%). The results were tracked on a real-time voters' dashboard for the 2026 NBA national elections. Out of 82,172 registered voters, 26,184 participated in the overall election, with 26,106 casting ballots for the presidential candidates. Badejo-Okusanya's anticipated win positions her to succeed Dame Priscilla Olabori Kuye, the NBA's first female president, who served from 1991 to 1992. Kuye has been an advocate for another woman to lead the bar and is a life member of the Body of Benchers and a former chairman of the NBA's Human Rights Committee.