Yemi osibajo biography of mahatma gandhi

Vice President of Nigeria from to

Oluyemi Oluleke OsinbajoSANGCON (born 8 March ) is a Nigerian lawyer, professor, and politician who served as the 14th vice president of Nigeria from to ^[1] A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he previously served as Attorney General of Lagos State from to and holds the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Born in Lagos in , Osinbajo is a graduate of the University of Lagos and London School of Economics. Shortly thereafter, he started teaching at the University of Lagos while practicing law privately until That year, Osinbajo was appointed Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the cabinet of Lagos State GovernorBola Tinubu.

After serving during both of Tinubu's four-year terms, Osinbajo left government in and returned to his private practice and lecturing along with his divine call of being a Pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God.^[2]

Prior to the presidential election, Osinbajo was chosen as the running mate to APC nominee Muhammadu Buhari.

Their ticket went on to defeat the then-incumbent duo of PresidentGoodluck Jonathan and Vice PresidentNamadi Sambo. Four years later, the ticket was re-elected over the Peoples Democratic Party's Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. Osinbajo's tenure has been marked by his rising profile, especially when he took power as acting president while Buhari was on a medical vacation in the United Kingdom.

Actions taken during his brief stints as the leader of the nation were decisive but contrasted with Buhari's style and were controversial among Buhari's inner circle, who frowned at it, one major decision was when in an executive order he directed all International Oil Companies operating in the Niger-Delta region to relocate their headquarters to their states of operation to mitigate tension in host communities.^[3][4]

Education

Osinbajo was educated at Corona primary School, in Lagos.

He attended Igbobi College in Yaba, Lagos, from to ,^[5] where he won the following awards: the State Merit Award (); the School Prize for English Oratory (); Adeoba Prize for English Oratory (–); Elias Prize for Best Performance in History (WASC, ); School Prize for Literature (HSC, ); and African Statesman Intercollegiate Best Speaker's Prize ().^[6][7]

Thereafter he studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Lagos between and , when he obtained a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) Degree in Law.

Here, he also won the Graham-Douglas Prize for Commercial Law.^[8] In , he completed the mandatory one-year professional training at the Nigerian Law School whereon he was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

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In , he attended the London School of Economics, where he obtained a Master of Laws degree.^[9]

Early career

From to , Osinbajo served the compulsory one-year youth service as a legal officer with Bendel Development and Planning Authority (BDPA), Bendel State.^[10]

In , at 24, he was employed as a law lecturer at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

From to , he became a Senior Lecturer of Law at the University of Lagos. From to , he was appointed the Senior Special Adviser (Soliciting and Litigation) to Nigeria's Honourable Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ajibola.^[11]

In , Osinbajo became a professor of the law of evidence and was head of the Department of Public Law, University of Lagos from to until his appointment as Commissioner for Justice.^[10]

From to , Osinbajo, served in the Lagos State Cabinet of Bola Tinubu as the Honourable Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.^[10]

In , Osinbajo was made Senior Partner at Simmons Cooper Partners (Barristers and Solicitors), Nigeria.^[12]

His other past roles include:

• Senior Officer, United Nations Operations in Somalia, Justice Division, UNOSOM II.
• Member, United Nations Secretary General's Committee of Experts on Conduct and Discipline of UN, Peacekeeping Personnel around the globe, Member,
• Senior Partner in the law firm of Osinbajo, Kukoyi & Adokpaye.

All Progressives Congress (APC)

After the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in , Yemi was tasked with other notable Nigerians to design and produce a manifesto for the new political party.

This culminated in the presentation of the "Roadmap to a New Nigeria", a document published by APC as its manifesto if elected to power. The highlights of the Roadmap included a free schools meal plan, a conditional cash transfer to the 25 million poorest Nigerians if they enroll children in school and immunize them. There were also a number of programs designed to create economic opportunities for Nigeria's massive youth population.^[13]

On 17 December the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, retired General Muhammadu Buhari, announced Osinbajo as his running mate and vice-presidential candidate for the general elections.^[14][15][16] During the / campaigns of the All progressives Congress, Yemi Osinbajo held numerous town hall meetings across the country as against the popular rallies that many Nigerians and their politicians were used to.

One of his campaign promises, which he has recently reiterated, was the plan to feed a school child a meal per day. Beyond feeding the school children, he has recently emphasized that this plan will create jobs (another campaign promise) for those who will make it happen.^[17]

In April , he announced his intention to run for the APC nomination for President of Nigeria in the presidential election.^[18] He was third in the APC presidential primaries held in June with a total of votes from the delegates.^[19]

On 31 March , Muhammadu Buhari was confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the presidential elections.

Thus, Osinbajo became the Vice President-elect of Nigeria. They were both sworn in on 29 May On 17 August VP Yemi Osinbajo described hate speech as a species of terrorism.^[20]

First Term (–)

Tenure

Yemi Osinbajo assumed office after taking the oath of office on 29 May at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

As the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he oversaw the economic planning team and report as well as make recommendations to the president who takes the final decision. Because of his legal background and antecedents as a commissioner for justice in Lagos state for eight years, many expect that he will contribute a great deal to the much needed reform of the judicial system at the national level.^{[citation needed]}

Acting President

President Muhammadu Buhari wrote a written declaration on 9 May to the president of the senate and house of representatives on his decision to embark on a medical trip; the letter was read that day at a plenary assembly of both the senate and the house of representatives.

The acting presidency was conferred upon Vice president Osinbajo during President Buhari's medical leave.^[21][22]

On 7 August , Osinbajo fired the State Security Service boss, Lawal Daura^[23] for illegal invasion of National Assembly by armed and masked operatives of the department.

Daura was replaced with Matthew Seiyefa.^[24]

Second Term (–)

In January , Osinbajo criticized the fact that social media is currently "under multi-jurisdictional regulation". He called for more collaboration among nations to reach a convention to regulate social media and counter hate speech.^[25]

On 2 February , Osinbajo's helicopter crashed in Kabba, Kogi State.

He survived, and delivered a previously scheduled campaign speech after the crash. In the speech, he said he was "extremely grateful to the Lord for preserving our lives from the incident that just happened.

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Everyone of us is safe and no one is maimed."^[26]

Tenure

On 29 May , Professor Yemi Osinbajo took his oath of office to begin his second term at Eagle Square in the capital of Abuja.^[27][28]

Following the federal government's decision to close the nation's land borders in October , Osinbajo explained that the government did so to gain the attention of other nations to the importance of policing the borders.

He claimed that China and other nations were smuggling in products, including agricultural ones, undermining the Nigerian economy and threatening Nigerian agriculture. By closing the borders, Osinbajo claimed that the government was helping protect the economy and Nigeria's producers and farmers.^[29]

In October , Osinbajo criticized the government's proposed social media regulations, stating he did "not think that government regulation is necessarily the way to go".

Instead, he asked citizens to take more active steps to police social media. He stated that citizens and leaders, both political and religious, "owe a responsibility to our society and to everyone else, to ensure that we don't allow it to become an instrument" of war. He also warned people against using social media to spread "religious disinformation", which could lead to conflict and war.^[30]

On 31 March , President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Vice president Osinbajo to chair an economic sustainability committee.

The aim of the committee is to develop measures to cushion the effect of the coronavirus and eventually reposition the Nigerian economy.^[31][32]

In July , his spokesman stated that Osinbajo has become a "political target",^[33] stating "I'm his spokesperson and all I know he wants to do is to do this job that he has been given very well and he doesn't have any other plans right now about any such thing.

I can tell you that clearly."^[34]

Osinbajo usually visited bereaved people, sending condolence messages to them, as well as attending funerals, he is lauded as the only government official to have attended the most ceremonial engagements, since Nigeria's return to democracy, than any other.

His speeches are always phenomenal, it is always embedded with humor, with catchy phrases and captivating stance during the entire speech. It is rumored among his staff, that he never read from a paper to deliver his speech, but only had talking points that he listed out on a tiny piece of paper, and whenever he read from a paper or device it was either a direct quote and did not want to make a mistake, or a pre-prepared speech by his host.

On 25 May , Before the expiration of Osinbajo's tenure in office as Vice President of Nigeria, he was named as the chair for the Commonwealth observation group for the Sierra Leone presidential elections. Osinbajo chaired this observation group with a team consisting of experts in politics, the legal profession and media.

Biography of mahatma gandhi death Osinbajo usually visited bereaved people, sending condolence messages to them, as well as attending funerals, he is lauded as the only government official to have attended the most ceremonial engagements, since Nigeria's return to democracy, than any other. Archived from the original on 1 October Also, it plans to recognize Health workers at the fore front of the fight against COVID while providing nationwide medical intervention. He is one of four siblings, including a brother named Akin Osinbajo ; the family has always been a significant part of his life.

The Secretary General expressed gratitude for Osinbajo's acceptance to chair the group and noting that as a professor of law, he's one of the few leading legal experts from the Commonwealth African nations to undertake the task.^[35]

On 11 July , Osinbajo was appointed Global Advisor for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP).

The head of the organisation Simon Harford said that the appointment will help in the organisation's mission in the development of clean energy in developing countries. "For many years, His Excellency Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been a respected role model of public service at the forefront of policy formulation and implementation on crucial developmental issues relating to national planning, climate change, enabling the business and investment environment, governance, and social investment," Harford said.^[36]

Osinbajo also set up a personal NFPO, Future Perspectives, which aims at equipping young people with skills of innovation, policy and project implementation to support their role as changemakers, capable of developing and implementing their own initiatives, as well as other collective efforts to transform education now and for future generations.

This initiative was supported by the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC).^[37]

Controversy

In an exclusive report by Peoples Gazette, Yemi Osinbajo's law firm, SimmonsCooper, was linked to an onshore money-laundering front, Ocean Trust Limited, which is owned by the national leader of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile boss of Osinbajo while a commissioner in Lagos State, Bola Tinubu.

The report established a link between the shell company and Osinbajo's law firm through bank transactions showing credit transfers to its accounts. The law firm had earlier denied any interaction or business relationship with the shell company, threatening to sue The Punch for linking it with Ocean Trust.^[38][39]

Electoral law violation

In another exclusive report by Peoples Gazette which cited bank records, Osinbajo received million naira in the run-up to the presidential election from Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC's Investment One, in three tranches of N million, N50 million and N50 million, in violation of federal campaign finance law - which only approves the donation limit of N1 million to a candidate in a presidential race.

The managing partners at Osinbajo's firm SimmonsCooper also donated the sum of N50 million in two payments of N25 million. Other lawyers with a relationship with Osinbajo donated N10 million to the campaign bank account. All of this was in violation of the electoral law. Osinbajo did not disclose these violations to the electoral body or the police.^[40][41]

Family

Yemi Osinbajo was born into the family of Opeoluwa Osinbajo on 8 March ,^[42] Creek Hospital, Lagos.

Osinbajo is married to Dolapo (née Soyode) Osinbajo, a granddaughter of Obafemi Awolowo.^[43] The former vice-president and Second Lady have three children, one son-in-law, and one grandson born in September &#;: two daughters, Oluwadamilola and Olukonyinsola (popularly known as Kiki Osinbajo) then his son, Mofiyinfoluwa Osinbajo, son-in-law, Oluseun Bakare, who is married to Oluwadamilola.^[44]

Osinbajo's first cousin once removed is British politician and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch.^[45]

Awards and memberships

Awards

Yemi Osinbajo, has received several awards, they include:

• State Merit Award
• The School Prize for English Oratory,
• Adeoba Prize for English Oratory –
• Elias Prize for Best Performance in History (WASC)
• School Prize for Literature (HSC),
• African Statesman Intercollegiate Best Speaker's Prize,
• President Goodluck Jonathan conferred on Osinbajo the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on 28 May
• During a visit on 3 November to Daura, the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar, called Osinbajo "the most trustworthy Vice President of Nigeria" and thanked him for his loyalty to President Buhari's administration.

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  The Emir then gave him the title of Danmadami of Daura, the highest traditional title in the emirate.^[46]

• First National Nutrition Vanguard of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, NSN in ^[47]

Memberships

He is a member of the following professional bodies:

Fashion

Osinbajo, is known for wearing his famous black traditional hat, in a very delicate and pristine way that stands out, and his cap has become so famous, that the style is now dubbed as the "Osinbajo cap" by fashion designers.

Pastoral career

Osinbajo is a Senior Pastor of the Lagos Province 48 (Olive Tree provincial headquarters) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.^[48]

The 8th March Initiative

The initiative was conceptualized, as a way to celebrate Prof Yemi Osinbajo's birthday by a group that refers to themselves as 'Friends of Prof'.

With its aim stated as 'inspiring and promoting entrepreneurial endeavors within Nigeria in honor of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo'. The initiative, in , provided a number of start-ups and small businesses with one-off grants and plans to do same in Also, it plans to recognize Health workers at the fore front of the fight against COVID while providing nationwide medical intervention.^[49]

Publications

Chapters contributed to books

• The Common Law, The Evidence Act and The Interpretation of Section 5(a) in Essays in Honour of Judge Elias () (J.A.

  Omotola, ed) pgs. –18;

• Some Reforms in The Nigerian Law of Evidence Chapter in Law and Development (), (J.A. Omotola and A.A. Adeogun eds.) pgs. –;
• Rules of Evidence in Criminal Trials in the Nigerian Special Military Tribunals Chapter 2 in Essays on Nigerian Law, Vol 1, Pgs. 28– (J.A. Omotola ed)
• Some Public Law Considerations in Environmental Protection.

  Chapter in "Environmental Laws in Nigeria", (J.A. Omotola ed.) pgs –

• Domestic and International Protection for Women: "Landmarks on the Journey so far" in Women and Children under Nigerian Law". (Awa U. Kalu & Yemi Osinbajo eds.) pgs. –
• Some Problems of Proof of Bank Frauds and Other Financial Malpractices in Bank Frauds and Other Financial Malpractices in Nigeria (Awa Kalu ed.)
• FMJL Review Series, Modalities For The Implementation of The Transition Provisions in The New Constitution in Law Development and Administration (Yemi Osinbajo & Awa Kalu eds.) ().
• FMJL Review Series, Legal and Institutional Framework For The Eradication of Drug Trafficking in Nigeria – Narcotics: Laws and Policy in Nigeria (Awa Kalu & Yemi Osinbajo eds.)
• Proof of Customary Law in non-Customary Courts, – Towards a Restatement of Nigerian Customary Laws, (Osinbajo & Awa Kalu eds.)
• External Debt Management: Case Study of Nigeria – International Finance and External Debt Management, UNDP/UNCTC,
• Judicial and Quasi-judicial Processing of Economic and organised Crimes: Experiences, Problems etc.

  Essays in Honour of Judge Bola Ajibola, (Prof. C.O. Okonkwo ed.)

• Human Rights, Economic Development and the Corruption Factor in Human Rights and the Rule of Law and Development in Africa (Paul T. Zeleza et al. eds)

Articles published in law journals

• Legitimacy and Illegitimacy under Nigerian Law Nig.

  J. Contemp. Law. (–87) pgs. 30–45

• Unraveling Evidence of Spouses in Nigeria, Legal Practitioners Review Vol. 1 No. 2 pgs. 23–28
• Can States Legislate on Rules of Evidence? Nigerian Current Law Review pgs. –
• Problems of Proof in Declaration of Title to Land, Journal of Private and Property Law Vol.

  6 & 7, October , pgs. 47–68

• Interpretation of Section (a) of the Evidence Act. Journal of Private and Property Law Vol. 6 & 7 (), pgs. –
• Review of Some Decrees of the Structural Adjustment Era (Part 1, 2, 3), () 2 GRBPL No. 2 (Gravitas Review of Business and Property Law) pgs–63, () 2 GRBPL No. 3 (Gravitas Review of Business and Property Law) pgs.

  51–55, () 2 GRBPL No. 4 (Gravitas Review of Business and Property Law)

• Current Issues in Transnational Lending and Debt Restructuring Agreements part 1 and 2, Autonomy, Academic Freedom and the Laws Establishing Universities in Nigeria () Jus. Vol. 1 No. 2, pgs. 53–64, Admissibility of Computer Generated Evidence. () Jus. Vol. 1 No. 1 pgs. 9–12
• Allegations of Crime in Civil Proceedings, U.I.

  Law Review ;

• Roles, Duties and Liabilities of Collateral Participants and Professional Advisers in Unit Trust Schemes () Jus. Vol. 1 No. 7 pgs. 71–83, Reform of the Criminal Law of Evidence in Nigeria () Jus. 2 No. 4 Pgs. 71–98
• Profit and Loss Sharing Banks – () Jus. Vol. 2 No. 8, Juvenile Justice Administration in Nigeria.
• A review of the Beijing Rules.

  () Jus. Vol. 2 No. 6. Pgs. 65–73

• Sovereign Immunity in International Commercial Arbitration – The Nigerian experience and emerging state practice- In African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 4 RADIC , page , Human Rights and Economic Development in The International Lawyer. , Vol. 28, No.

  3 pgs. –

• Legality in a Collapsed State: The Somalia Experience 45 ICLQ , pgs. –

Books published/edited

• Nigerian Media Law, GRAVITAS Publishers
• Cases and Materials on Nigerian Law of Evidence, Macmillan,
• Integration of the African Continent Through Law" (Edward Foakes Publishers, , vol.

  7, Federal Ministry of Justice Law Review Series)

• Towards A Better Administration of Justice System in Nigeria" (Edward Foakes Publishers, )
• FMJL Review Series, "Women and Children Under Nigerian Law"
• FMJL Review Series, The Unification and Reform of the Nigerian Criminal Law and Procedure Codes – (Malthouse Press),
• Law Development and Administration (Malthouse Press),
• Narcotics: Law and Policy in Nigeria, FMJL Review Series
• Perspectives on Human Rights in Nigeria FMJL Review Series
• Perspectives on Corruption in Nigeria, FMJL Review Series
• Democracy and the Law, FMJL Review Series,
• The Citizens Report Card on Local Governments (with Omayeli Omatsola )
• Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – A training Agenda for Nigeria (with Bankole Olubamise and Yinka Balogun, ) Legal Research and Resource Development Centre
• Annotated Rules of the Superior Courts of Nigeria (with Ade Ipaye) Lexis-Nexis Butterworths
• Cross Examination: A Trial Lawyer's Most Potent Weapon (with Fola-Arthur Worrey) Lexis-Nexis Butterworths

See also

References

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