Nigeria: Ex-NBA President Backs Military Deployment for Polls

Abuja — Ahead of the 2015 general elections, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joseph Daudu, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has thrown his weight behind the deployment of the military to aid the conduct of the elections.

Speaking during an event at his chambers in Abuja in honour of the 2015 externship programme for students of the Nigerian Law School posted to his law offices in Abuja, Kaduna and Zaria, on Friday, Daudu noted that the military was not being deployed to participate in the election but to protect sensitive materials used in the conduct of the polls.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.