Mahmoud is new NBA president

Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) has emerged the new president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA).

Mahmoud, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Kano State, polled 3,055 votes to beat his challenger, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN), who scored 2,384 votes.

Voting was done online in a newly introduced universal suffrage.

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