“Unless you are part of the old system that has brought us to where we are, there is no way you will oppose a young man like Mr Peter Obi, an untainted, young, educated man with ideas from being the president of Nigeria,…But for education I would not be where I am today…I will celebrate 60 years of my call to Bar this year and by the grace of god, Peter Obi will be there. He is the most qualified to lead this country”
– venerable and highly respected eminent legal pioneer Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti.
For Obi, this is a converging sequence: “In Nigerian politics, that rule is working for Peter Obi. Magically, President Obasanjo endorsed him and opened a sequence. Now, venerable elder statesman Edwin Clark has come along. And Benue state governor Ortom has joined. You can see a sequence there. Simply, Obi has used a shortcut to build “structures” which are converging for him.”
Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Mr Peter Obi is the most qualified person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said the only people opposed to Obi are those who participated in plunging the country into the state of underdevelopment it is at present.
“Unless you are part of the old system that has brought us to where we are, there is no way you will oppose a young man like Mr Peter Obi, an untainted, young, educated man with ideas from being the president of Nigeria,” he said.
Babalola, who will mark 60 years of his call to Bar as a lawyer this year said he and Obi share a common passion in their love for quality education.
“We have a common ground, and that common ground is that he will give education a rightful place in his administration. Unlike all of you, I never had a conventional education, I never went to secondary school, or university but due to determination and courage I endured. I studied privately through correspondence and obtained my A Level by correspondence, passed the entrance into university by correspondence.
“But for education I would not be where I am today and that is why by the grace of God after a successful practice, I am what I am today. I will celebrate 60 years of my call to Bar this year and by the grace of god, Peter Obi will be there. He is the most qualified to lead this country”.
