LAWYERS FOR WELFARE ADVOCACY writes ECNBA, Charges the Committee to Publish the List of Successfully Verified Voters before Proceeding to Election on 29th July, 2020
At the general meeting of Lawyers For Welfare Advocacy held in Abuja over the weekend, the body is imploring the ECNBA in the conduct of the elections slated for 29th July, 2020 wherein the National officers of the NBA will be elected to ensure that the process is seamless and free from malpractices.
Their demands are distilled as follows:
(1) Top on our demands from the ECNBA is to conduct a free and fair election
(2) We urge the committee to demonstrate transparency in the process, not just on paper but matching words with action by publishing the final list of Verified Voters before proceeding to the election. This will enable lawyers in Nigeria ascertain the number of verified voters in order to forestall manipulation of the electoral process.
(3) Paragraph 2 above is informed by our observations in recent times that majority of our members and thousands of lawyers’ personal information were tampered with, especially their email addresses. Sadly, we have further observed that some of them who participated in the verification exercise have until date not received any email for completion of the verification process which if not timeously addressed will translate to the disenfranchisement of lawyers in the election. That all the efforts including phone calls and emails to the support lines provided by the committee proved abortive.
(4) We are further placing a demand on the committee to make public the name of the company engaged to conduct this election and the security measures put in place by the company to ensure that voters’ information are not stolen or hijacked by third parties
(5) Finally, we urge the committee to avert a repetition of the experiences of the last election where there were numerous complaints of manipulation and identity theft of eligible voters because of the porous nature of the website. As it stands, two lawyers are currently standing trial for undue interference in favour of certain candidates of their choice in the last poll and a re-occurence of this sad trajectory will ultimately culminate in lawyers losing confidence in the process.
As we all work towards achieving the Bar of our dreams, we urge you to please accept the assurances of our highest regards.
Thank you
Singed:
(1) Ezekiel Ugwueze Esq
(2) Obiajulu Onyeka Esq
(3) Samuel Oguntuyi Esq
(4) Chinedu Nkpana Esq
(5) Valentine Obiajulu Esq
(6) Samuel Aku Esq
(7) Amaitem Etuk Esq
(8) Chijioke Odu Esq
(9) Abel Adaji Esq
(10) Joseph Nyong Esq
(11) Chukwudi Nwuzor Esq
(12) Anthony Obah Esq
For: LAWYERS FOR WELFARE ADVOCACY
