{"id":206188,"date":"2022-07-27T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T09:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=206188"},"modified":"2022-07-27T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T09:58:08","slug":"your-absence-is-inexcusable-abuja-lawyer-slams-nba-president-for-ignoring-body-of-benchers-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/27\/your-absence-is-inexcusable-abuja-lawyer-slams-nba-president-for-ignoring-body-of-benchers-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Your absence is inexcusable&#8217; &#8211; Abuja lawyer slams NBA president for ignoring Body of Benchers\u2019 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi has stated that the absence of the NBA President, Olumide Akpata, from the Body of Benchers\u2019 Meeting held on Tuesday 26th July 2022 is inexcusable and not an example of good leadership.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement personally signed and released on Wednesday by the legal practitioner, Olajengbesi which was made available to WITHIN NIGERIA.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer said that the Body of Benchers is the highest body of practitioners of the highest distinction in the legal profession, even higher than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/27\/cjn-resignation-public-confidence-in-judiciary-at-all-time-low-says-nba\/\">Nigerian Bar Association<\/a> which Akpata currently leads.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that his absence is not the\u00a0appropriate protest but absconding from responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The statement partly reads;<\/p>\n<p>For a meeting that was hybrid and of such importance, attended by key stakeholders in the legal profession and even past Presidents of the NBA; it does not sit well for the new wigs to be called to Bar today to know that their outgoing President absconded from a meeting in preparation for their welcome to the Nigerian Bar, and other issues affecting the legal profession.<\/p>\n<p>I am aware that the NBA President had earlier written a letter requesting the incumbent Chairman of the BOB, Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/11\/olanipekun-to-buhari-tenure-extension-dangerous-to-democracy\/\">Wole Olanipekun SAN<\/a> to step down over a petition against a lawyer in his chamber accused of unprofessional conduct. This I will deliberately refrain myself from talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, is such disrespect necessary on the premise that he asked the BOB Chairman to step down and he hasn\u2019t? Bold of him to assume that his \u2018one\u2019 letter is sufficient to unseat the BOB Chairman without further deliberations by other members, and evaluation on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I must say it is a lamentable reputation with which to end one\u2019s tenure. Should Akpata contempt the Body that called him to Bar in the first place? Even more discourteous is that no explanation has been given in this regard at this time. You cannot abscond from a meeting because things don\u2019t go your way, when there are other right-thinking persons making themselves available to better the legal profession. I consider it a mockery of the core values of our amiable profession. 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