NBA-SPIDEL asserts autonomy amid Maikyau’s micromanagement controversy

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has faulted an attempt by the bar president, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) to assert control over the activities of the section.

In a decisive response to the series of directives issued by the President of the NBA to the body, its chair, John Aikpokpo-Martins, described the directives as “null and void.” He reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the rule of law while asserting autonomy of the body within the NBA framework.

Aikpokpo-Martins further argued that the NBA Constitution has not accorded the NBA President any role in the management, control, and supervision of SPIDEL, and NBA Sections in general.