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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai
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Lawyers under the aegis of Open Bar Initiative have asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to withdraw its invitation to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, to speak at the association’s annual general conference slated for the 26th through 29th of August, 2020.

Confiance News gathered from the Witness on Wednesday.

In a petition to Koyinsola Ajayi, chairman of the technical committee on the NBA conference planning, the lawyers under the aegis of Open Bar Initiative described the invitation as a “reward for misrule.”

In the petition, Silas Onu, convener of the group, said the governor “represents the very anti-thesis of what we profess to defend.”

The group also said that in addition to governing a state that has been described as “the most dangerous state in Nigeria in 2020, el-Rufai has on several occasions abused the rights of Nigerians”.

It added that “a major focus of the intolerance of Mallam el-Rufai has been lawyers and the legal profession,” recalling when, in 2016, the governor allegedly threatened to abduct Gloria Ballason, a lawyer, “because she had criticised him in a news article.”

The lawyers further said while speaking at the conference may be argued as an opportunity for el-Rufai to be examined by the participants, lawyers who have criticised him “have suffered untold persecution” from the governor.

“As Governor, Mallam el-Rufai has shown no regard for the rule of law, for human rights or for human beings,” the petition read.

“He has been reckless in his utterances, hubristic in his outlook and irresponsible with power. Offering him the platform of the NBA Annual General Conference 2020 is reward for misrule.”

The NBA is a non-profit, umbrella professional association of all lawyers admitted to the bar in Nigeria and Annual General Conference 2020 is the first virtual conference to be held by the association.

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