The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association has published the Final Voters Register for the 2026 National Officers' Election, listing 82,213 eligible voters across 139 branches and closing the register to further amendment, while separately flagging 671 names whose branch affiliation remains unconfirmed.
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) on Friday, 10 July 2026, published the Final Voters Register for the 2026 NBA National Officers' Election, pursuant to Item 7 of the Revised Timetable issued on 3 July 2026.
The register lists 82,213 eligible voters drawn from 139 NBA branches nationwide, organised alphabetically by branch. ECNBA published the document via a publicly accessible online link requiring no login, and described it as “the definitive record of all persons eligible to vote” in the election.
ECNBA stated that the register is now frozen, with no further additions, deletions, or amendments to be accepted or processed under any circumstances ahead of the poll.
671 names flagged without confirmed branch affiliation
The notice draws separate attention to a list of 671 names appearing at the end of the Final Voters Register, after the Zaria Branch listing, under the heading “Legal Practitioners Who Paid Practising Fees Before the Deadline But Without Any Indication of Belonging to Any Branch.” ECNBA stated that the appearance of a name in this section does not, of itself, confer eligibility to vote.
The same 671-name cohort appeared in ECNBA's Preliminary Voters Register in early July, prompting public claims that the register had been padded. ECNBA rejected those claims on 7 July as unfounded, stating that the electronic voting system's SCN and OTP authentication requirements make proxy or padded voting technically impossible.
Citing the NBA Constitution 2015 (as amended 2025), ECNBA stated that membership of a particular NBA Branch is a prerequisite for eligibility to vote in NBA National Elections. Practitioners appearing in the 671-name list may vote only upon providing satisfactory proof of Branch membership to the Electoral Committee before Election Day, 18 July 2026. ECNBA urged affected practitioners to contact the ECNBA Secretariat (support@ecnba.zohodesk.com) to regularise their records ahead of the poll.
Remaining steps to Election Day
ECNBA set out the sequence of remaining steps under the Revised Timetable:
- Saturday, 11 July 2026 — Authentication and Platform Readiness Testing, alongside a nationwide Mock Voting Exercise open to all verified voters on the e-voting platform.
- Monday, 13 July 2026 — Review of Mock Voting outcomes, a final systems and security audit, and a final briefing of candidates and their agents.
- Friday, 17 July 2026, 5:00 PM — End of all campaigns, with cessation of campaign activity by or on behalf of candidates, followed by a pre-election lockdown of the e-voting platform.
- Saturday, 18 July 2026 — Election Day. Voting opens at 12:00 AM WAT and closes at 11:59 PM WAT, with SCN and OTP authentication required. Results are to be declared on Sunday, 19 July 2026.
ECNBA stated that it “reaffirms its commitment to delivering a free, fair, transparent, and credible election” on 18 July 2026, and urged eligible members to exercise their franchise within the voting window.
The notice was signed by Aham Ejelam, SAN, Chairman of ECNBA 2026, and Ibrahim Aliyu Nassarawa, Esq., Secretary of ECNBA 2026.
