Farook Salawu

Lawyer

[Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN @OmoyemiAkangbe]

Thank You! On Saturday, You Decide

Dear Colleagues,

In a few hours, the campaigns will fall silent, and the decision will pass to you.

I will not use this final message to repeat my manifesto. You have read it. I will not rehearse the pillars of my programme: the NBA One Platform, the e-Remuneration System, the living wage for young lawyers, the expansion of health insurance, and the digital transformation of the Secretariat. You know them. They are on the record, in writing, with timelines and delivery phases, because I believe that a promise without a plan is a speech, and a plan without a timeline is a wish.

Instead, I want to say something simpler.

Thank you.

Thank you to every lawyer who opened a door when I knocked, who stayed behind after a law week to ask a question, who sent a message at midnight with a concern about our profession and trusted that I would read it. I read every one.

Thank you to every Branch Chairman who found time in an already crowded programme for a candidate who came not with an entourage, but with a notebook.

Thank you to every young lawyer who told me what the Bar has never done for them and challenged me to be different. You sharpened me. You made this manifesto better than I could have made it alone.

Thank you to every senior colleague who weighed the candidates and concluded that track record matters more than networks.

Thank you to every lawyer in government service who believed me when I said your inclusion in the governance of this Association is overdue and non-negotiable.

I have not run a perfect campaign. No candidate does. But I have run an honest one. Every position I have taken, I have taken because I believed it was right, not because it was convenient.

I promised you at the beginning of this campaign that wherever lawyers gathered to discuss the future of our profession, I would be there. I have kept that promise. I have been to your branches. I have sat in your offices. I have taken your calls. I have answered your questions, including the difficult ones, especially the difficult ones. And I have told you the truth, even when the truth was not what you wanted to hear, because I would rather lose your vote with honesty than win it with a promise I cannot keep.

On Saturday, you will choose the person who will lead the Nigerian Bar Association for the next two years. I ask for your vote, not on the strength of who I know, but on the strength of what I have done and what I have shown you I will do. The difference between a promise and a proven track record is the difference between a candidate who talks about change and one who has already delivered it. I come to you with a record of service.

But whoever you vote for, vote. Exercise your franchise. The independence, the credibility, and the future of this Association depend on the participation of every eligible lawyer. Do not sit this one out. The Bar belongs to you. Decide who leads it.

If you entrust me with this mandate, I will show up for you every single day. Not for the title. Not for the prestige. For the work. For the lawyer in Maiduguri who deserves the same quality of NBA service as the lawyer in Victoria Island. For the young lawyer in Owerri who earns less than a living wage and wonders whether anyone at the national level notices. For the woman who left practice to raise a family and wants to return but finds no pathway. For the aged lawyer who gave decades to this profession and has been forgotten. For every one of you.

Elevate the Bar. That is what I came to do. On Saturday, with your vote, we begin.

With gratitude,

Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN, FCIArb
Candidate, Office of the President
Nigerian Bar Association

[Lord Charles of Churchgate @lordcharles01]

Confirmed that my name is on the final voters list ✅

Charged the phone with my MTN SIM so I can get OTP ✅

Continuing my evangelism with my friends to vote for my candidate ✅

Ready to Vote Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe SAN as the next President of the NBA. ✅

@OmoyemiAkangbe 🔥

[Adepeju Jaiyeoba @pjlalah]

My vote matters.

Your vote matters.

Share the message.

Don’t stop talking about his vision.

If social media existed during the days Obafemi Awolowo declared free education in the South West which many of our parents benefited from, he would have been initially called a liar or spin doctor too.

It always seems impossible until it is done!

Let’s keep the fire burning for Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe LOA!!

We must Elevate the Bar!!

🚀

[Ridwan Oke @RidwanuLlah]

Vote Lateef Akangbe SAN for a modernized Bar.

[Ridwan Oke @RidwanuLlah]

The first female President of the NBA has spoken up. In fact, she asked us to vote the candidate that has track records, the candidate that has track records is Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe SAN @OmoyemiAkangbe

[Suave Lawyer @jurist_oriko]

Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN is the right man for the job. Man is so full of great ideas and from his past records, implementation won't be a problem.

I trust him fully. If you believe in leadership strongly flavoured with competence, compassion, courage and candour, look no further than @OmoyemiAkangbe when voting tomorrow. He is a special one.

[Midnight Counsel @jamiuijaodolaa]

I had the privilege of meeting Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe SAN, @OmoyemiAkangbe one of the presidential aspirants for the upcoming NBA elections.

Beyond the conversations and campaigns, what stood out to me was his humility, calm disposition, depth of knowledge, and genuine commitment to the progress of the legal profession. He is a gentleman to the core, approachable, thoughtful, and passionate about building a stronger, more inclusive Nigerian Bar.

Leadership is about competence, integrity, vision, and the ability to inspire confidence. From my interaction with him, he embodies these qualities and has the experience, temperament, and capacity required to lead the Bar at this crucial time.

I believe he is the right man for the job, and I wish him the very best in the journey ahead.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

6 years studying Law and wearing tie daily, I still can’t tie a tie. After watching this video, I still won’t get it.

[Mr Nnamdi Mikel (Onwa).BL,LL.M,PhD(In-View)AICMC @NnamdiMikel]

Fit and Proper to lead Nigeria Bar Association 2026-2028
#ElevateTheBar
Vote LATEEF OMOYEMI AKANGBE SAN
For PRESIDENT

[Lord Aké of Ãrewa 🍉 @Akewshola95]

Dearest colleagues, this is the way to go💯
LOA has carefully transformed our thoughts and ideas into workable policies that shape his campaign promises. When you look at all LOA has promised so far, they are lofty ideas and indeed practicable solutions.

✅️ote LOA

[Native Chief @Nativechieff]

We cannot afford to miss out on the Independent NBA that Lateef Akangbe will deliver.

Support and Vote for him.

[Manex Livinus @mladasigwung]

As the NBA elects new leaders on the 18th July, 2026;ensure you cast your vote Omoyemi Lateef Akangbe, SAN as to reposition and Elevate the Bar. A vote for Akangbe is a vote for a virile and credible Bar.

[joel ESQ. @_empighalo]

In appearing at the Court of Appeal, I have come to identify the roles of the Justices of the Court of Appeal.

1. There is a JCA who keeps mute; his lordship just writes.

2. There is a JCA, who presides over the appeals, and take the lead in addressing counsel. Usually, the presiding judge.

3. Then there is the JCA, the Chief Enforcer: His lordship makes fire and brimstone rain on the excesses and inadvertence of counsel.

[Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN @OmoyemiAkangbe]

I want to talk about something this campaign has not discussed enough.

The Nigerian Bar Association raises funds from some of the very institutions it is supposed to hold accountable. Government agencies. Regulatory bodies. Parastatal organisations. And every time it does, it creates a relationship that makes fearless criticism harder, even when fearless criticism is exactly what the moment requires.

This is not a conspiracy. It is a structural problem. And structural problems require structural solutions.

My financial agenda for the NBA is built on one clear principle: we must cut our coat according to our cloth.

That means spending only on what adds real, demonstrable value to the careers of members. It means reviewing the Association's assets and optimising them for revenue generation. It means restructuring our Sections, Fora, and Institutes so they can access credible international multilateral donor funding without compromising the independence of the Association. And it means committing a minimum of thirty per cent of annual revenue to the NBA Fund every single year — not as an aspiration, but as a budget line.

At the branch level, it means the ten per cent BPF allocation reaches branches on time. Not late. Not after follow-up. On time. And it means the Secretariat's relationship with branches is one of genuine partnership, not hierarchy.

An NBA that cannot fund itself independently cannot speak freely. And an NBA that cannot speak freely cannot be the institutional conscience this country needs it to be.

Financial independence is not an accounting matter. It is a question of whether this Association can be trusted to say the difficult thing when the difficult thing needs to be said.

Under my presidency, it will be.

#ElevateTheBar #VoteLOA #LOA2026 #NBAElection2026 #18July #InstitutionalCredibility #NBAPresident2026

[Izu_ManaMana @NwagbaraIzuchuk]

The paragraph about the unelectable candidate is spot on.

But as for the candidate to elect, which I believe the NBA needs now, I endorse and will vote @OmoyemiAkangbe

[Ridwan Oke @RidwanuLlah]

The moment these our friends were unable to discredit LOA’s campaign plans, they changed strategy and started following suit. You want to govern people? You engage them. This NBA must work for all of us seh.

[Lord Aké of Ãrewa 🍉 @Akewshola95]

https://t.co/i4CiFg4dfu
LOA live on Politics today.💯

[Arákùnrin Tolúwalàṣẹ, LP @Kvngintii]

it is settled!. #ElevatetheBar #LOA

[Najib Adamu Usman, Esq. @NajeebAdamu1]

You were called to the Nigerian Bar in the last few years.

You walked out of the Law School with a wig, a gown, and a conviction that this profession was worth it.

Here is what 2028 looks like if I am elected on Saturday 18 July:

Your first year at a firm comes with a written contract of employment. Not because your principal feels generous. Because it is now professional misconduct not to provide one.

The Remuneration Order is not a document you have heard about. It is the starting point of every client engagement. Your fees have a floor. That floor is enforced.

Your CPD is tracked automatically in one app. Seven free hours every month through the ICLE. You do not have to choose between professional development and your rent.

You have access to a national mentorship scheme with a senior practitioner matched to your practice area and your ambitions. Not a networking event. A structured, ongoing relationship.

This is not a vision board. It is a published, funded, time-bound manifesto commitment.

The lawyer you will be in 2028 is shaped by the vote that happens in 2026.

Saturday 18 July 2026. Vote LOA.

#ElevateTheBar #VoteLOA #LOA2026 #YoungLawyers #NBAElection2026

[Mz Rhecks @TrulyOreka]

For me, picking my candidate for NBA president is simple. A leader who understands the needs of the members and is very clear about his vision and means of delivery.
He is no other than Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN.
Ready to elevate the Bar!
#elevatethebar #LOA