Recommitment to purpose, as Ojudu, ex-Buhari’s Political Adviser, clocks 64
By BASHIR ADEFAKA
Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (2015-2023) and one time Senator representing Ekiti Central at the Nigerian Senate, Babafemi Ojudu CON, has climbed further to in age to 64 which he clocks today March 27, 2025.
Ojudu, a generally acknowledged journalist of veteran status with a social responsibility fully charged and activated towards advancing the course of humanity, demand for good governance and transparent as well as accountable leadership in a democracy, personally alerted on his new age in the early hours of Thursday.
In the statement, Senator Ojudu also seized a space to relieve his four years frustrating experiences in the Nigerian Senate, eight years in the presidency and the motivation leading to his supporting Professor Yemi Osinbajo GCON as w sitting Vice President which did not eventually materialise.
According to Ojudu, “Today Thursday, March 27th, I am 64 years old.
“I have spent three decades in the turbulent but fulfilling trenches of journalism, standing up for truth, justice, and the dignity of democratic values—often at great personal cost. I have spoken when it was dangerous, resisted when it was costly, and have never betrayed the ideals that first called me into public life.
“I spent four frustrating, uneventful years in the Senate, and eight quiet years in the Presidency, enduring all manner of inconveniences, discomfort, and ethnic segregation – driven only by the hope that with patience and commitment, I could help usher in a new day for our country by supporting the candidacy of the incurable patriot, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo for President. That dream, unfortunately, did not materialize.
“Since then, I have returned to my comfort zone: watching, reflecting, and intervening from time to time. And now, as I mark my 64th birthday, I have found clarity in a quote whose author I do not know:
““People of character do the right thing even if no one else does—not because they think it will change the world, but because they refuse to be changed by the world.””
He then passed his resolution as he marks his new age today, saying, “This is now my resolve.
“At 64, I have no illusions left. But I still have hope—hope that our democracy can be rescued from cynicism, that the next generation will do better than we did, and that Nigeria can one day be governed by reason, not impulse; by principle, not patronage.
“I remain in my party, but my ultimate loyalty is to the higher calling of conscience. Because in the end, loyalty to country, to justice, and to democracy must outweigh loyalty to any individual or institution.
“This birthday, for me, is not just a celebration of life—it is a recommitment to purpose. To speak truth. To stand firm. To resist decay. To keep alive, in whatever small way I can, the flickering but enduring flame of democracy.
“May that flame never die,” Senator Babafemi Ojudu CON resolved.
