The article by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu remembers Olatunji Akinwande Braithwaite, who lived from 1933 to 2016. It notes that 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 and was over 74 years old on election day. Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria was over 70. The piece was published by Premium Times Nigeria.
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