Senator Babafemi Ojudu is a journalist and lawmaker born in
Ado-Ekiti on March 27,1961. He has just been appointed the
special adviser to President Buhari, he will be handling
political matters for Nigeria’s leader.


Beyond the fact that this journalist was born in Ekiti state, there
are other very important details regarding his personality that
tells better why he has been chosen for the vital role in this
current dispensation.
Here are five very pertinent that Nigerians must know of
Buhari’s new adviser on political matters.

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Erudite Scholar
If there is any qualify that would be befitting for Ojudu, then it
will be the term erudite scholar, as he showed great scholarly
promise even from his youth.

It is on record that in 1976, Ojudu won a scholarship jointly
sponsored by activist lawyer Gani Fawehinmi and Jùjú
musician King Sunny Adé for indigent students of Ekiti state.
He studied English at the University of Ife, Ile- Ife and after
graduating in 1984, he went on to the University of Lagos
where in 1986, he obtained his master’s degree in political
science.


Dauntless Journalist
After his journalistic exploits in Ife and Unilag, Ojudu started
writing for African Concord magazine. He started as a staff
writer and moved up to assistant www. However, in 1992,
Ojudu resigned in protest of a request by MKO Abiola, the
publisher, to apologise to the then President Ibrahim
Babangida.
He refused to apologise over a piece critical of the military
regime. In 1993, he and other former workers at the African
Concord established The News magazine, with Ojudu as its
first managing www.


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The new special adviser to the president on political issues,
Senator Babafemi Ojudu
Respecter of everyone, Afraid of no one
Ojudu was arrested, tortured and detained several times during
the Sani Abacha regime (1993–1998).

He was arrested and detained for three days at the notorious
Shagisha prison in the outskirts of Lagos on August 11, 1996.
His detention was due to an article in The News about the the
oil minister, Dan Etete. The article alleged that Etete was giving
government contracts on behalf of the Nigerian state oil
company to his family and friends.

He was arrested on 17 November 1997 after returning from a
conference in Kenya. In July 1998 (after the death of Abacha)
it was reported that he was suffering from typhoid fever and
jaundice, both life-threatening, caused by the unsanitary
conditions in which he was detained and denial of access to
medication


Man of the people
Ojudu is loved by the Ekiti people, and that fact was made
evident when he formally declared that he would run for the
Senate in August 2010. He left his post as Group Managing
Editor of Independent Communications Network to run for
office.

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Senator Babafemi Ojudu
On January 10, 2011, the ACN primaries for a candidate in the
Ekiti central senatorial seat, were held in three of the five local
government areas (LGAs) that make up the senatorial district.
Ojudu won in all three areas.

The primaries for the other two LGAs were rescheduled, but
eventually did not hold. Thus, the ACN submitted Ojudu’s name
to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as
their candidate for Ekiti central.


Man of integrity
Events in the political landscape of Ekiti took a sad turn for
Ojudu, when on March 17, 2011, a Federal High Court in Abuja
issued a judgment, recognizing the incumbent Senator Festus
Bode-Ola as the ACN candidate for Ekiti Central.
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the newly appointed special minister
to the president on political issues.

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Following the High court’s verdict, the then chairman of Ekiti
state ACN, Chief Jide Awe, accused Bode Ola of forgery in the
papers he had filed, saying the INEC had recognized him as
candidate.

On March 31, 2011, the Federal High Court in Abuja set aside
its 17 March judgment.


Fortunately, in the April 2011 election for the Ekiti central
senatorial seat, Ojudu polled 67,747 running on the ACN
platform, while the Labour Party (LP) candidate and former
Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose received 29,773 votes.
INEC report also reveals that Kayode Alufa of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) received 29,488 votes, thereby
affirming Ojudu’s position as the Senator for the district.
These are but a few very important facts that needs to be
known of President Buhari’s newly appointed special adviser
on political matters. If you think there are other very pertinent
facts that have been left out of this review, do share in our
comment section.

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Handsome

They are gradually clipping fayose's wings in Ekiti. Smart move