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The Awolowo v. Shagari case was a lawsuit between Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Alhaji Shehu Shagari in which Chief Obafemi Awolowo's petition challenged the declaration of Shehu Shagari as the president elect of the 11 August 1979, presidential election.
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Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo (// Yoruba: Ọbáfẹ́mi Oyèéníyì Awólọ́wọ̀; 6 March 1909 – 9 May 1987) was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who...
presided over the Awolowov. Shagaricase, in which Chief Obafemi Awolowo's petition challenged the declaration of Alhaji Shehu Shagari as the president-elect...
solicitor in the Awolowov. Shagaricase on September 26, 1979, in which Chief Obafemi Awolowo's petition challenged the declaration of Shehu Shagari as the winner...
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elections of President Shehu Shagari by the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1979 in the case of Chief Obafemi AwolowoV Alhaji Shehu Shagari 1979 ALL NLR 120 In the...
deputy leader to Obafemi Awolowo, he was subsequently appointed federal minister for communications in 1952. Prest, Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Anthony...
peacefully transferred power to Shagari, becoming the first head of state in Nigerian history to willingly step down. The Shagari government became viewed as...
that Shehu Shagari was the winner, something that the runner up, Obafemi Awolowo, unsuccessfully challenged at the Supreme Court. Shagari took office...
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was a Professor of Comparative literature (1975 to 1999) at the Obafemi Awolowo University, then called the University of Ifẹ̀. With civilian rule restored...