Nigeria, July 19 -- Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the only female candidate in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, has widened her lead in the race.

When PREMIUM TIMES checked the live election results portal at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, Mrs Badejo-Okusanya had polled 11,352 votes, representing 46.69 per cent of the 24,314 votes cast in the presidential election.

She is followed by Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, also a SAN, who had secured 7,415 votes (30.50 per cent), while Olumuyiwa Akinboro, also a SAN, polled 5,547 votes (22.81 per cent).

The live results portal also showed that 24,384 of the 82,165 registered voters had voted, representing a 29.68 per cent turnout yet as of 9:54 p...