A federal high court in Abuja has sacked the President of of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Abubakar Mahmoud after rendering void, the 2015 constitution under which he was elected in July last year.
The court quietly removed the President from office after listening to a suit filed by Supo Ojo, a lawyer, challenging the procedure of amending the constitution of the NBA.
The court ruled that Mahmoud emerged President of the NBA on the voided constitution, adding that by implication, his recommendation of senior lawyers to the National Judicial Council (NJC), for appointment as judges is now invalid.
Meanwhile, the general counsel of the NBA is expected to take over as President of the association until a fresh election is conducted under the constitution passed by a resolution of members in 2001.
Abubakar Mahmoud, former Kano State attorney general and commissioner for justice, was elected as the President of the NBA on Monday, August 1, 2016 where he got 3,055 votes to defeat Joe-Kyari Gadzama who polled 2,384 votes. [myad]
