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"Second, the NBA formalised the rotation of its most important positions across the three original regions of the country. In the short-hand of Nigerian politics, this is known as “zoning.” At its best, it is an acknowledgement of the ethnic diversity of the country. At its worst, it is a genuflection before the gods of grubby ethno-tribal politics.

The original design is that while ethnic cabals may be needed to bless leadership ambitions, those have to ultimately be acceptable to a broad majority of the membership of the association in order to succeed.

In the contest for the leadership in #NBADecides2026, one candidate turned this engineering of political convention into a destructive weapon of political entitlement with backing from forces who inveigled the Attorney-General of the Federation into endorsing this in principle. It took the Court of Appeal to – momentarily – save the day"

-Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

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AOJ: In this article, Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu traces the history of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidency to last weekend emergence of a bolder president, despite some technical glitches that might have trailed the exercise.