The Nigerian Bar Association has withdrawn the invitation extended to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai by the association’s 2020 Annual General Conference Planning Committee.
The decision was reached by the National Executive Council (NEC) of the NBA at its meeting held in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
A terse message obtained on the Twitter page of the association reads:
“The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and the decision communicated to the Governor.”
The inclusion of El-Rufai among the guest speakers at the NBA’s annual general conference, scheduled for August 26-29, had drawn a lot of criticisms from both lawyers and human rights activists.
Many lawyers questioned El Rufai’s human rights records and commitment to the rule of law.
They also accused El Rufai of not doing enough to end the killings in the Southern part of his state, Kaduna.