The Bar Before the Bar, by Stephanie Shaakaa
When the Nigerian Bar Association, an institution that has long presented itself as a guardian of national conscience and a defender of the rule of law, conducts its own internal ballot, the nation is confronted with a profound and chilling paradox.
How does a learned elite find the moral courage to demand accountability from electoral bodies for technical failures and questions surrounding transparency, while its own election process leaves members questioning whether their voices were fully protected?
How do senior advocates continue to sermonize on electoral integrity by day, only to confront difficult questions about transparency and confidence in their own electoral process by the dim light of election night?
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