Remembering Olatunji Akinwande Braithwaite (1933-2016), By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Tunji Braithwaite The contest for the presidency of Nigeria in the election on 11 August 1979 was between five candidates. Nnamdi Azikiwe of the Nigerian Peoples Party was born on 16 November 1904. On election day in 1974, he was over 74 years. Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria was over 70. He…