LOAN petitions NBA President over Kano Branch election dispute

The Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN), Kano State Branch, has petitioned the National President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over the recently concluded Kano Branch elections.
The association is protesting what it described as “deliberate disobedience” of a zonal appeal directive by the branch’s electoral umpire.
In a petition issued by LOAN officials and obtained on Tuesday, they accused the Kano Branch Election Committee (ELCOM) of allegedly disenfranchising its members during the polls, despite a clear directive from the NBA Branch Elections Appeals Committee (Northern Zone).
The dispute began prior to the elections when the Kano Branch ELCOM disqualified 15 LOA...