One of Nigeria’s far famed lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), Chief Afe Babalola was on Thursday awarded the 2018 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership.
The event which took place at Harbour Point in Victoria Island, Lagos, also had in attendance former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, traditional rulers, serving and former governors as well as other prominent Nigerians.
Delivering a speech, former commonwealth general, Chief Emeka Anyaoku noted that Afe Babalola becomes the third awardee of the leadership prize after nobel laureate professor Wole Soyinka and former president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki.
The award recognizes excellence in political and corporate governance, education and service to under-privileged among others.
