Yakubu Maikyau, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, has said the association has no preferred candidate in the general elections since it’s not a political party.
LHe stated that the NBA has no direct or indirect ties to any political party and would not be inclined to any political party.
In response to criticism from some of his colleagues on his evaluation and rating of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s handling of the presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, 2023, Maikyau remarked.
In his words, the NBA president said: “Let me, as a prelude, make it clear that the NBA has no candidate in the elections and would never have a candidate in any election; it is not a political party, has no affiliation with any political party either directly or indirectly and so is not sympathetic towards any political party.
“Therefore, whenever I speak from the privileged position of the NBA president, I do so consciously of these facts and, most particularly, always reminded of our primary responsibility as legal practitioners to provide direction to the people and advance the cause of this nation.”
