The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Birnin Kebbi Branch has equally registered their displeasure with the decision to disinvite Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, describing it as a “sham”.
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This is contained in a statement dated 22nd day of August, 2020 signed by the Branch Chair, Kabir Aliyu and Secretary, Aminu Hassan which was made available to TheNigeriaLawyer (TNL).
Meanwhile, it was noted that the NEC resolution did not represent the interest of all and was deliberately taken with the exclusion of the Branch, by failure to issue notice of meeting to the Branch NEC representatives, because it would have definitely objected same.
Thus, the Branch has demanded a reversal of the decision or withdraw from the forthcoming NBA Annual General Conference.
The statement reads:
The Nigerian Bar Association, Birnin Kebbi Branch (the Equity Bar) noticed with great dismay the purported resolution of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) held on the 20th August, 2020, to dis-invite and delist His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i from the list of the penalist in the fothcoming 60th NBA Annual General Conference (AGC) slated from 26th to 29th August, 2020, for purported disrespect to the principles of rule of law.
The Equity Bar unequivocally dissociates itself from the ill-motived resolution calculated to distablise the unity and oneness of the Association.
Traditionally, pre-conference NEC is usually conducted a day to the openning of the year’s Conference, but this year’s Pre-Conference NEC meeting for the reason best known to the National Officers was drawn back outside the period of the Conference.
Additionally, all the previous NEC meetings were conducted after sending notices, NEC bundle and Secretariat Report to all NEC Members except the purposive NEC meeting of the 20th August, 2020.
Moreover, out of the three statutory NEC members of the Birnin Kebbi Branch none of them had received any notice of the purposive NEC meeting. Hence concluding that these omissions were pre-arranged in order to exclude members that may seem to object to the purported resolution of dis-inviting His Excellency.
This move is very unfair in the face of our great Branch and denial of fair hearing to His Excellency who was invited by the NBA on its own volition without him applying to be part of the penalist.
For the NBA to withdraw the invitation and delist him from the list after accepting the invitation without giving him opportunity to respond to the allegations made against him, is to say the least, a blatant denial of fair hearing and clear a injustice done to him.
The Equity Bar will not be part of this sham and one sided resolution. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Consequently, this ugly development has compelled the Equity Bar to call on the NBA/NEC/President to with immediate effect take necessary measures to rescind, cancel, void and set aside that purported and unpopular resolution.
It is apposite to finally state clearly and without mincing words that in the event that this unruly decision is not reversed the Equity Bar will not participate in the forthcoming NBA AGC as it is a clear mokery of its theme ‘Step Forward’, as this step forward is ridiculing the rule of law.
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