The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State, Bishop Matthew Kukah, will tomorrow, deliver a lecture titled, ‘The Future of Constitutional Democracy in Nigeria: Imperative of a New Constitutional Order,” at the 60th Call to Bar anniversary of Chief Afe Babalola, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is billed to chair the event, while the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III are to be in attendance.
Also expected at the event are the immediate past Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun; the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau, Prince Lateef Fagbemi and other respected personalities from within and outside the country.
Babalola, a legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales on July 9, 1963.
According to a statement by the Chairman, Organising Committee, Mr. Kehinde Ogunwumiju, the event being put together by Aare Babalola’s mentees, admirers and beneficiaries, will hold at the Alfa Belgore Hall, ABUAD, Ado-Ekiti.
Ogunwumiju stated that the event would also feature testimonials and goodwill messages from friends, admirers and associates of Babalola.
He added that it would also feature a book launch that will have Dr. Taiwo Afolabi as Chief Launcher and Wema Bank, Fidelity Bank, Union Bank, Zenith Bank, First Bank, Polaris Bank, among others as launchers.
