Chidi emerges “The Debaters” Season II champ

The search for the Debater of the year 2010 went through Kano, Port Harcourt, Abuja, and Lagos with a series of auditions. It was a long, hard and exceptional search and after the regional and national auditions, 14 talk mates emerged. On September 18th, 2010, the 14 talk mates moved into the Talk Academy, but […]

The search for the Debater of the year 2010 went through Kano, Port Harcourt, Abuja, and Lagos with a series of auditions. It was a long, hard and exceptional search and after the regional and national auditions, 14 talk mates emerged.

On September 18th, 2010, the 14 talk mates moved into the Talk Academy, but were still a long way from their destination. Thirteen weeks of non-stop verbal warfare, and eight evictions later, the Super Six – Femi Adelayo, Ibipo Salami, Olumide Gbadebo, Arit Okpo, Chinedu Chidi and Ajibola Ibaru – were left standing to battle to the finish.

The final debate, “Africa is the lifeline that guarantees the survival of the west”, was a blend of articulate and ingeniously delivered speeches, and was indeed a tough battle, at the end of which Chinedu, the Young Statesman, beat his five other eloquent talk mates, and bagged the highly coveted title: Debater of the Year 2010. Inspire Africa was honoured to receive Mr. Tayo Aderiokun, the Managing Director of GTBank and Lola Odedina, the Head, Communications & External Affairs at GTBank at the grand finale of The Debaters.

As part of his winnings, Chinedu walked away with N3.5 million, a brand new RA4 Jeep, courtesy of Mandilas Motors, and a VEDA laptop. Ibipo, the first runner up, got N1 million and a VEDA laptop, while Olumide, the second runner up, got a N500,000 and a VEDA laptop. The 11 other runners each got laptops, courtesy of GTBank.