Distinguished Colleagues,
We refer to your letters, namely those of Mr Chukwuka Ikwuazom SAN, dated July 21, 2024, and received by email at 10:24 PM on the same day, and the letter from Mr Tobenna Erojikwe, dated July 22, 2024, and served by email at 5:27 PM on the same date. In the main, both letters are worded in similar language and contain identical requests from the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) regarding the just concluded NBA 2024 Elections. Due to the similarity in content and requests, we will respond jointly to avoid repetition.
We have also considered various earlier publications you wrote on social media, generally addressed to members of our noble association, through which you both raised similar complaints concerning the just-concluded NBA election and other pre-election issues. We consider it appropriate to respond to these herein for completeness. Therefore, we will start with those pre-election issues Mr. Erojikwe notably raised in his social media letters to Members of the Bar.
INTRODUCTION
According to the provisions of Section 10(6) of the NBA Constitution, the election of national officers and NBA representatives to the General Council of the Bar shall be by universal suffrage and electronic voting as set out in the second schedule to the Constitution. It was in furtherance of this that the 2024 NBA Elections were held on July 20, 2024, on the “Election Buddy” electronic voter platform, with final results announced on July 21, 2024, within 11 hours of the completion of voting, in accordance with our Constitution.
Election Buddy Inc., owners and operators of the voting platform, formally issued ECNBA a certification of the results of the election on July 21, 2024, at about 12:57 AM WAT, duly signed off by its President and Chief Executive, Dave Bodnarchuk (see annexure).
In addition to validating the election outcomes by certifying Election Buddy Inc. at completion and upon receipt of your respective complaints referred to above, we have, in consultation with the Election Service Provider (Election Buddy Inc./Inits Consortium) and the Technical Service Consultant (DigiterHub Ltd.), sought to provide answers to your respective requests where possible.
We hope the answers we now exhaustively provide below will clear any misconceptions, ambiguities, or misinformation you may have or have circulated concerning the NBA 2024 elections.
It should be noted that the Election Voting Platform (Election Buddy) is an international company based in Edmonton, Canada, and has conducted over 300,000 elections globally for organizations like the NBA, multinational corporations holding general meetings across continents, party primaries, and national elections of nations around the world.
Therefore, the Election Buddy Consortium has no affiliation with the Nigerian Bar Association or any candidate other than as a service provider to the ECNBA for this election.
For the complete response from the ECNBA, please use the link below.
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