2018 NBA Election: Court Dismisses Suit of Arthur Obi-Okafor against NBA, Paul Usoro
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on Tuesday dismissed the suit of Chief Arthur Obi Okafor SAN, challenging the outcome of the 2018 election that brought in the current president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro.
In Suit No: CV/2633/18, the court resolved all the claims against the Claimant.
Chief Obi-Okafor sued 37 persons including the Registered Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association; the former President of NBA; AB Mahmoud, SAN, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the NBA; the President of the NBA among others.
It will be recalled that Usoro had polled 4,509 votes to defeat Okafor and Ernest Prof Ernest Ojukwu, SAN, who scored 4,423 and 3,313 votes respectively.
Okafor through his lead counsel, Mr. Ikechukwu Ezechukwu, SAN, wants the court to determine if it was right for ENCBA to announce the result of the election and issue a certificate of return to Usoro without verification of votes cast and without instituting an audit of the electoral process, earlier promised by the electoral committee.
He is further asking the court to determine whether “It is right for the court to direct that the outcome of the participatory, independent post-election audit should validate or invalidate the aforesaid result declared by the ECNBA or the election itself.”
Okafor further wants the court to appoint either Price Waterhouse Coopers or Akintola Williams & Deloitte, two forensic audit firms, to conduct a verification of voters or audit the electoral process leading to the results announced.
He is also seeking an order from the court directing the body of benchers to supervise and give effect to the outcome of the post-election audit.
He is further contending that “There are three stages of the electoral process for the 2018 National Officers Election of the NBA, which includes verification, accreditation/voting and post-election audit or verification of votes,” adding that the last stage had not been complied with.
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