Professor Yemi Osibajo
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate has named Professor Yemi Osibajo as his running mate.
Reports has it that Osibajo sealed the ticket following party bigwigs realizing he was best fit for the position to avoid a muslim-muslim grouping.
With the choice of Osibajo, the door of opportunity closes for a possible pairing between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Buhari.
Buhari with his running mate will now face President Goodluck Jonathan in the 14 February 2015 election.
Osibajo, 55 a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), law professor and former Attorney-General of Lagos state is a christian and senior pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
He is also the senior partner at SimmonsCooper Partners. He was for eight years, the attorney-general of Lagos State, during which wide-ranging reforms were carried out in the judiciary.
He was educated at Igbobi College in Lagos, the University of Lagos, Nigeria (LLB, 1978) and the London School of Economics (LLM, 1980). He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1979.
He has authored several books on civil procedure in Nigerian superior courts, rules of evidence and justice reform.
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