Nigeria, July 18 -- Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the only female candidate in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, has maintained an early lead in the race.

When PREMIUM TIMES checked the live election results portal at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Mrs Badejo-Okusanya had polled 9,053 votes, representing 45.18 per cent of the ballots cast.

Her closest challenger, Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, also a SAN, had secured 6,253 votes (31.27 per cent), while Olumuyiwa Akinboro, also a SAN, polled 4,709 votes (23.54 per cent).

The live results portal also showed that 20,035 voters, representing 24.38 per cent of the 82,164 registered voters, had voted by about 4.14 p.m. on Saturday.

The Electora...