President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata, has announced BWC Hotel as the new location for the collection of conference materials following the loot at the initial venue.

Akpata described the incident as “a national embarrassment as some of our members conducted themselves in a most despicable manner not expected of members of the profession.”

He, however, noted the NBA cannot afford to risk the lives and safety of its members, colleagues and contractors at the conference venue on account of the collection of materials.

“I have therefore met with the leadership of the TCCP, and a decision has been taken for the destroyed registration center at the conference village to be shut down and it is now being shut down,” he said.

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The outgoing president explained the new collection center is the BWC Hotel which is located opposite the Eko Atlantic.

Akpata said: “This new collection center is smaller than the previous one, which is now unusable, and as a result, access to it for collection of materials would be controlled in the following manner:

“Collection of materials will commence at 2 pm today at the BWC Hotel.

“Delegates will be admitted into the collection center in batches of 80 at a time.

“Delegates are expected to be seated (or to provide their details) in Breakout Room D at the Eko Atlantic pending when they are called, or sent a text message, to come to the collection center to pick up their materials.”