Ex-NBA President, Olumide Akpata, Quits Law Firm To Pursue Governorship Ambition

The former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olumide Akpata, has resigned from Templars, a leading law firm where he served as Senior Partner.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Apata said he is leaving the firm to contribute to the critical task of nation-building.

His resignation came weeks after he joined the Labour Party (LP) and expressed interest in contesting the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State.

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Confirming his resignation in a statement dated 24 August 2023, the firm explained that Apata formally notified the other partners and management of the firm of his decision to participate in active politics and in line with the firm’s governance protocols, it was agreed that he stepped aside from the firm with effect from Thursday, August 31, 2023.

In other news, The crisis rocking the Labour Party over its perennial leadership tussle took a twist on Thursday when the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja struck out the suit filed by one of the party’s aggrieved Imo State governorship candidates, Basil Maduka.

The suit was an appeal against the decision of the Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on June 23, 2023.

In the suit with number: CA/OW/200/2023, Maduka had alleged irregularities in the primary conducted by the party excos which ushered in Chief Ukaegbu Joseph as the party’s authentic candidate for the Imo governorship election scheduled to be held November 11, 2023.

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It had the Labour Party, the Independent National Electoral Commission and Joseph as first, second and third respondents respectively.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Joseph Oyewole held that the suit be dismissed because it lacked in merit while corroborating that he agreed with the judgment by the high court which stated that Maduka was bereft of the locus standi to maintain the action.\

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