The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), meeting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has approved the newly constituted Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) for the 2025–2027 tenure, with Associate Professor Uju Agomoh, PhD, emerging as Chair. The approval followed the successful conduct of the NBA-SPIDEL Annual General Meeting (AGM), elections, and inauguration ceremonies held in December 2025, alongside the reconstitution of the Section’s statutory committees in line with its renewed mandate to deepen public interest advocacy, strengthen accountability, and advance development-focused legal reforms across Nigeria.
The NBA-SPIDEL AGM took place on 4 December 2025, where delegates approved the list of the new Executive Committee members through a voice vote after the presentation of the Election Report. The inauguration of the newly elected officers followed on 5 December 2025, formally ushering in a leadership team tasked with steering the affairs of the Section for the next two years. The new administration comprises elected and co-opted members drawn from across the country, reflecting a deliberate balance of experience, regional spread, and subject-matter expertise.
MEMBERS OF THE NBA-SPIDEL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2025–2027)
UJU AGOMOH, PhD – Chair
PAUL DAUDU, SAN – Vice Chair
ENOME J. AMATEY – Secretary
SAADATU ABDULLAHI MOHAMMED – Treasurer
BARBARA TOSAN ONWUBIKO – Financial Secretary
MOJIRAYO OGUNLANA – Public Relations Officer
VINCENT ADODO – Assistant Secretary
PROF. PAUL ANANABA, SAN
MONDAY UBANI, SAN
JOHN AIKPOKPO-MARTINS
KUNLE EDUN, SAN
PRINCESS FRANK-CHUKWUANI
OKEY LEO OHAGBA
MONDAY ADJIE
DORN CLAIMZ ENAMHE
OLAWUMI ABIOLA
SIR EJIKE EZENWA, SAN
ANDREW ODUM, SAN
NTUFAM MBA E. UKWENI, SAN
YAKUBU BAWA
DR. NNENNA EBOH
CHIKA OKOLIE
STAN MBAEZUE
CHISOM ONUOHA
DR. IKENNA UKAM
SO. LONGWILLIAMS
IDRIS ABOYOMI SHEHU
AHMAD KHALIL
ALIYU NASSARAWA
In furtherance of its statutory obligations, NBA-SPIDEL also reconstituted its key committees to drive implementation of its strategic objectives, particularly in development law and public interest litigation.
NBA-SPIDEL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
ANDREW OSEMEDUA ODUM, SAN – Chairman
YAKUBU BAWA – Secretary
PROF. OGUGUA V. C. IKPEZE
EDEDEM ANI, ESQ
DR. IKENNA UKAM
HAJIA SDIA B. SALEH
UTOMOBONG INYANG
SAMUEL ETUK
IDRIS ABOYOMI SHEHU
OTUNBA OLUMIDE OLAIYA
NWABUEZE ESEAGWU
NWADIMUYA PRECIOUS
FATIMA KERE-AHMED – Vice Chair
FRANCIS NWAORAH
VICTOR NWAKASI
NKEM AGBOTI
RAYMOND ISITOR
EZEALA CHUKWUMA
PHILIP NJETENE
CHISOR KEJE
FRANCIS IBEKWE
MUSTAPHA IMAM
LAURETTA IKUKA
TERHEMBA GBASHIMA
SUNNY EMUVEYAN
EZEBU OGUGUA
MRS. JOYCE ODUAH
JOY ONUKWE
MARTHA EGEONU-AKABO
DR. (MRS.) EJIRO KORE-OKITI
DR. SAM AMADI
DR. OZIOMA IZUORA
DR. NGOZI NWANGWA
DR. EZE ONWUNMA
PRINCESS FRANK-CHUKWUANI
MONDAY ADJEH
LIKKO-AL BASHIR LAWAL
LUCKY WOSU
UMAR SANNI, SAN
NONYEM DAMULA
NNENNA OJIAKO
ESTHER CHIEMEKA
NKWACHIONWU ONWUTUEBE-MADU – Assistant Secretary
BENSON IWUAGWU
EJIKE EZENWA, SAN
DANIEL ASOMEJI
NBA-SPIDEL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION COMMITTEE
MBA UKWENI, SAN – Chairman
PAUL DAUDU, SAN
CHINYERE MONEME, SAN
BULUS ATSEN – Vice Chairman
VINCENT ADODO – Secretary
DR. LILIAN OJIMMA – Assistant Secretary
JENNIFER NWADO
DANIEL ASOMEJI
OLAJIDE ABIODUN
MOHAMMED DANJUMA
MOJIRAYO OGUNLANA
DANIEL KIP
CHIKORDI OKEORJI
GEORGE ITODO
GODSPOWER EROGA
CHARLES INYANG
JAMES IBOR
CHUKS ODELUGO
JOY OBIANUJU NNANI
GOZIE REGINALD IWUALA
ABDULLAHI KARAYE
IBRAHIM BABA SALIU
SALEH MOHAMMED TIRMIZI
ABBA SHUAIBU
CHINEDU AGU
ADVISERS
JUBRIL S. OKUTEPA, SAN
PROF. CHIDI ODINKALU
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