Afe Babalola

Legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has said the 1999 Constitution is responsible for the myriad of challenges in Nigeria and called for its substitution,

He went further to say, “ I have no sympathy for any Nigerian who is aspiring to rule Nigeria in any form, whether as Legislator, Governor or President. Rather, any election conducted under the present 199 Constitution, will merely result in recycling the same people who have brought Nigeria to grinding poverty, mass unemployment, underfunded education, insecurity and huge external debt. “I still stand by my suggestion that any election conducted under the 1999 Constitution cannot, and will not produce New leaders with new ideas.

Legal luminary, Afe Babalola says he is convinced that the February presidential election may not produce the will of the people but those who have much.

He said, “It is not who can make a difference that will win this election, I repeat, it is not the person who has all it takes – age, health, education, and patriotism, that will win the election; the winner of this election I can bet it, is going to be the person who has made money in this country. “It is the person who has the money that will win”. Legal luminary, Afe Babalola says he is convinced that the February presidential election may not produce the will of the people but those who have much money to spend.

Afe Babalola has claimed that the presidential candidate who spends the most money would most likely win the 2023 presidential elections.

It is the person who has the money that will win.” These are things that must be screened about the new President.” Instead, it can only aid in the recycling of old leaders.

Afe Babalola's position is that the coming presidential election will not be won by the most qualified candidate but by the highest spender.

“A man who wants to rule the whole country or any part of the country, ought to be screened. “I still stand by my suggestion that any election conducted under the present 1999 Constitution cannot and will not produce new leaders with new ideas, rather any election conducted with the 1999 Constitution will merely result in recycling people who have brought Nigeria to grinding poverty, unemployment, under-funded education, and insecurity,” the educationist emphasized. “It is not who can make a difference that will win this election, I repeat, it is not the person who has all it takes – age, health, education, and patriotism, that will win the election; the winner of this election I can bet it is going to be the person who has made money in this country.

Babalola made this assertion on Thursday at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. According to him, the upcoming presidential election slated ...

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He was reacting to the adoption of Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. “On April 18, 2022, I ...

He added that the 1999 Constitution was not what Nigeria needed at a time like this. “I still stand by my suggestion that any election conducted under the 1999 Constitution cannot, and will not produce new leaders with new ideas. He explained that the LP presidential candidate’s adoption by former President Obasanjo was his right of expression, and might be a result of the contestant’s acclaimed untainted records of character and sound education.

Barely a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo's endorsement of Peter Obi, founder and Chancellor of.

He is the most qualified to lead this country,” Chief Afe said. “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. “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.