Renowned legal icon and educator, Afe Babalola said Nigeria’s forthcoming presidential election, slated for February 25, will be won by the highest spender and not the best candidates among the contenders.
Babalola, who stated this at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti, Ondo state, yesterday, expressed worry that the 2023 general elections will be conducted under the 1999 Constitution against his advice, saying the poll will only reproduce those, who have brought Nigeria to a sordid state.
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.
According to Babalola, the recent endorsement of Peter Obi of the Labour Party by former President Olusegun Obasanjo does not factor-in the role moneybags will play in the election.
He said only a new Constitution with stringent conditions for political candidates, will save Nigeria from a total collapse.
