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The result was delete. -- Patar knight - chat/ contributions 01:21, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
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Planning to be a political candidate in 2 years' time. Doesn't meet WP:NPOL or WP:GNG. Boleyn ( talk) 18:49, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete: concur with nominator. Quis separabit? 19:05, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete Maybe an article someday. TJRC ( talk) 21:01, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete. People don't get Wikipedia articles just for declaring their candidacy in an election that's still two years in the future — if you cannot demonstrate and reliably source that he was already eligible for a Wikipedia article for some other reason independent of his candidacy, then he has to win the election and thereby hold office to be considered notable on the basis of the election itself, but nothing here demonstrates any preexisting notability at all. Bearcat ( talk) 22:04, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
- Keep The article is not primarily about politics as it is prominently mentioned that he is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Title is equivalent to Britain's "Queen's Counsel". You will find many lawyers from the Commonwealth who have wiki articles for this reason. His year of birth is mentioned in the "early life sectioned". Many politicians e.g. Jon Ossof had wikipedia entries before securing their party nomination." — Preceding unsigned comment added by EbaOdan ( talk • contribs) 13:06, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
- Queen's Counsel isn't an automatic notability freebie on Wikipedia either. Lawyers, QC or not, get Wikipedia articles if they can be reliably sourced as the subject of enough media coverage to satisfy a Wikipedia inclusion criterion, and are not handed an automatic "no sourcing required" freebie just because they have a QC after their name. Bearcat ( talk) 20:55, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete: concur with nominator. -- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 21:40, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete There are lots of needed artilces on Nigerian politicians. I recently created an article on the chief judge in Edo State. However that is no justification for creating articles on people who are not yet notable. Wikipedia is not a platform for people to run political campaigns with. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 06:27, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
- Delete The page consists of the name of his college, the name of his wife and his intention to run for political office. Some people just don't understand the function of Wikipedia! Pupsbunch ( talk) 19:25, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
- Keep and Cleanup Concur with EbaOdan. This subject could be notable but right now there isn't enough information to show notability. In my opinion, running for office is "important enough" that this subject warrants a page. If someone were to run for US office, would they get a page? KindleReader ( talk) 01:31, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
- Comment No, they wouldn't, and several articles on Americans have been deleted due to this recently. It's not about 'in your opinion', how does it meet WP guidelines? The guidelines have been developed by consensus. Boleyn ( talk) 18:58, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
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