Osinbajo, South East Govs, Galadima, Utomi, Others, to Attend NBA-SPIDEL Annual Conference Today

Yemi Osinbajo Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado-Ekiti Former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, SAN will today deliver the Keynote Address at the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) Annual Conference. The address is the highlight of the Keynote Session, holding today at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Umuahia, Abia State. The Conference theme is “In Public Interest: Advancing Justice, Democracy & Development”. The Keynote Session will be chaired by former Supreme Court jurist, Justice Suleiman Galadima, CFR, with responses by Prof. Pat Utomi, Founder/CEO, Centre for Values & Leadership; Lisa Henry, Secretary General of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT); and Assoc. Professor Sam Amadi, Director of Abuja School of Social & Political Thought. The NBA-SPIDEL Annual Conference Speech will be delivered by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. The Opening Ceremony will feature welcome remarks by the Chairman of the 2026 Conference Planning Committee, Sir Ejike Ezenwa, SAN, a welcome address by NBA-SPIDEL Chair, Prof. Uju Agomoh, and the NBA President’s Address by Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsaya, SAN. Goodwill messages will be delivered by past NBA Presidents, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Mr Augustine Alegeh, CON, SAN, Mr Paul Usoro, SAN, Mr Olumide Akpata and Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN. Also expected are Dr Kingsley Udeh, SAN, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology; Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma; Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah; Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru; Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu; and former Chairman, South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, His Royal Majesty, Dr Lawrence Agubuzu, CFR. Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti will deliver his address, and formally declare the Conference open. After audience interventions on the Keynote Address, a vote of thanks will be given by NBA-SPIDEL Vice Chairman, Mr Paul Daudu, SAN. Veteran Nollywood actor, Mr Modestus Onyekwere, MFR, popularly known as Kanayo O. Kanayo, will compere the Opening Ceremony.