It was odumegwu ojukwu ex biafran leader who refered to obafemi awolowo as the best president nigeria never had. Now Senator Girei has just described yemi osinbajo as the best presidential candidate that the primaries did not produce.
Obafemi Awolowo was the vice chairman of the federal executive Council and minister of finance ,the chief strategist of the biafran war,under the headship of General yakubu Gowon up to the time of the Biafran war whereas yemi osinbajo is vice president during the boko haram war under the leadership of major General muhammadu Buhari.
Obafemi Awolowo and yemi osunbajo were both born in the month of march.awolowo on march 6 1909 and osinbajo on march 8 1957.
Awolowo and yemi osinbajo both studied at the London school of economics.
They are both lawyers rising to the rank of senior advocate of nigeria.
Yemi Osinbajo is the grand son in law of obafemi Awolowo.
In atitled,The Grandson also rises by Reu guardian interview by Dr Ruben Abati phD,segun awolowo jnr grandson of obafemi Awolowo, who has been surprisingly silent, affirmed that one day a descendant of obafemi Awolowo would become the president of 🇳🇬 nigeria.
Obafemi awolowo resigned from the Gowon cabinet because he wanted to be elected by the people and he made the famous statement to Gowon, saying" if we are related we shall meet again" Gowon had shifted the date of a planned return to civil rule.he declared it,"Unrealistic "