NBA Election 2020: Check Out the top Four potential Presidential Contenders BY BRIDGET EDOKWE · PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 · UPDATED SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

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Less than twelve Months to the end of the tenure of the current President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Paul Usoro SAN, the issue of his successor in office has been a prominent discussion among lawyers in Nigeria.

The Presidential Slot of the Association is expected to be zoned to the Western Zone of the Association in 2020 in accordance with the internal zoning arrangement of the Association. The Western Zone Consist of 6 Southwest States, Edo and Delta States.

To be qualified to contest for the leadership of the NBA next year, A lawyer must be 15 years and above at the Bar, come from the Western Zone, Be financially good member and be a member of the Association’s NEC for two years.

ADESINA OGUNLANA – THE SOCIAL CRUSADER

 Bold, Daring and a naturally inclined Social Justice Crusader, the immediate past Chairman of Ikeja Branch of the NBA is rumored to be aspiring to lead lawyers in 2020 as NBA President.

Mr Ogunlana became so popular in 2018 when he led Ikeja Branch to checkmate the lagos state government’s abusive policies and succeeded in getting an obnoxious Land Use Charge revoked by the Akinwumi Ambode led Lagos State government.

He was so popular then that many Nigerians mistake him for NBA President and many lawyers openly prayed that he get a chance to lead the NBA.

In a social media post sometime in 2018, he hinted that he may contest the number one post of the Association.

His brief profile states that he holds a BA in English from the University of Ife and an LLB from the Lagos State University. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1996 and has been in active legal practice since then. He is the Principal Partner of Winners Don’t Quit Chambers, a thriving law firm in Lagos and the publisher of the pro-integrity legal magazine, ‘The Squib’.

His major setback is that he is standing trial at the High Court by EFCC over some financial transaction during his reign as Ikeja NBA boss. Many lawyers also doubt his financial preparedness to vie in the very capital intensive NBA Presidential election.