Babafemi Ojudu was born on 27 March 1961 and is a Nigerian journalist who was elected Senator for the Ekiti Central constituency of Ekiti State, Nigeria, in the April 2011 national elections.
18 Facts About Babafemi Ojudu
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Babafemi Ojudu ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria platform.
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Babafemi Ojudu was born on 27 March 1961 at Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State.
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In 1980, Ojudu was admitted to the University of Ife, Ile-Ife to study English.
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Babafemi Ojudu took an interest in journalism while at university, joining the Association of Campus Journalists and reporting for COBRA, a campus journal.
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On completing his National Youth Service, Babafemi Ojudu worked as a reporter for The Guardian while attending the University of Lagos, where he studied for a master's degree in political science.
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In 1987, Babafemi Ojudu started writing for African Concord magazine, initially as a staff writer and moving up to become assistant editor.
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Years later, when Babangida said he was in interested in running for president in the 2011 democratic elections, Babafemi Ojudu said that the second coming of Babangida to rule the nation should be resisted by every Nigerian who wanted progress for the country.
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Babafemi Ojudu destroyed the system and he is seeking to come back.
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Babafemi Ojudu was arrested, tortured and detained several times during the Sani Abacha regime.
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Babafemi Ojudu was arrested and detained for three days at the notorious Shagisha prison in the outskirts of Lagos on 11 August 1996.
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Later in 1996 Babafemi Ojudu went to the US for six months as a fellow at the School of Communications, Howard University, Washington, DC.
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Babafemi Ojudu was arrested on 17 November 1997 after returning from a conference in Kenya.
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In total, Babafemi Ojudu spent 26 years in media practice before entering politics in 2010.
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Babafemi Ojudu formally declared that he would run for the Senate in August 2010.
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Babafemi Ojudu left his post as Group Managing Editor of Independent Communications Network to run for office.
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The 10 January 2011 primaries for ACN candidate for the Ekiti Central Senatorial seat were held in three of the five local government areas that make up the Senatorial district, and Babafemi Ojudu won in all three.
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On 7 January 2016 Babafemi Ojudu was named Special Adviser Political Matters by President Muhammadu Buhari.