Rivers council chairman blasts NBA over VDM invitation
…Calls for stronger engagement on electoral law By Daniel Abia, Port Harcourt The Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr Chidi Julius Lloyd, has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over the invitation of social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), to speak at its ongoing 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt.
Lloyd, a former law lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, described the invitation as inappropriate, arguing that the NBA’s annual conference should prioritise serious legal discourse and issues affecting Nigeria’s justice and democratic systems.
Rather than what he described as “tantrums” at the conference, Lloyd urged the NBA to facilitate substantive engagement on electoral law and other matters of national importance.
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