Lawyers hold rally for Buhari, Osinbajo in Kwara

Date: 2015-01-31

Lawyers, under the aegis of Lawyers For Change, on Friday morning, staged a solidarity rally around major streets of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to sensitise residents on All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and his vice-presidential candidate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in the February 14 general polls.

The lawyers moved in a convoy of cars with banners and posters to explain to residents, in their homes, market places, shops, offices and streets, the benefits accrued to the country by voting for Buhari/Osinbajo ticket.

Speaking with journalists, the National Coordinator of the group, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, said the lawyers were convinced that if elected, the duo would usher in a lot of benefits to Nigeria.

“We are ordinarily happy about General Muhammadu Buhari. He’s fit and proper, but the icing on the cake is the appointment of Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) who we know very intimately because we share the same profession.”

“Professor Yemi Osinbajo as the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General in Lagos state is a big time system builder and we believe that if such person is elevated to the epicentre of power in Nigeria, to the level of vice presidency in Nigeria, bearing in mind that constitutionally he’s a good deputy to someone like General Muhammadu Buhari, the nation will be better for it.

“He’s been a teacher of Law since 1983. He was called to Bar in 1979. He became a professor at the age of 33 in 1990. Thousands of lawyers today were his students and they all attest to his exceptional mental capacity and he is of a very high moral fiber, a surpassingly decent human being and he’s translated from mere theoretical knowledge into actual system building going by his outstanding achievements as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in eight years, which Lagos and indeed Nigeria judicial system have immensely benefited from”, he said.

The Lawyers For Change national coordinator, who said members of the group were not ashamed of being partisan, said other lawyers could stand up to support any other candidate, “there is enough space for all the birds to fly in the sky.

“But for us, having this knowledge about this fellow, it would be wrong of us to sit in the comfort of our chambers, because in all aspects of lives, lawyers are respected people except some few who may chose to mess up themselves. We are not going to be blackmailed into silence, this man if we use him as the vice president of Nigeria, it will add a boost to the presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari. Hence we are seen on the streets campaigning to ordinary Nigerians and i tell you the response have been encouraging from all the states we have been to’, he said. 

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