Ayo Obe

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Ayo Obe
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Born (1955-05-24) May 24, 1955 (age 66)
NationalityBritish-Nigerian
Alma materUniversity of Wales
OccupationLawyer
OrganizationCivil Liberties Organisation
Known forHuman rights activism
MovementBring Back Our Girls
Children1

Ayo Obe is a British-Nigerian lawyer, columnist, TV presenter and human rights activist.[1][2]

Early life and education[]

Obe was born on May 24, 1955 in the United Kingdom. She attended the University of Wales.[3]

Career[]

Obe known for Nigeria's human rights, legal and social movements, advocating for democratic reforms. She was the president of the Civil Liberties Organisation[4] and advocated for the actualisation of Chief MKO Abiola's 1993 presidential election victory.[1][5] She was listed as one of the heroes of June 12.[6] Her passport was seized in March 1996 while leaving Nigeria to attend a meeting of the UN Human Rights Committee in New York as a result of her activism.[1][7]

She chaired the Transition Monitoring Group which was an election-monitoring and democracy-building coalition of Nigerian NGOs from 1999 to 2001. She also represented the coalition from 2001 to 2006 at the Police Service Commission (PSC).[1]

She serves as a managing partner in a Lagos based law firm named Ogunsola-Shonibare and sits on the board of multiple civil society organisations such as Goree Institute and Vice Chair of the board of the International Crisis Group.[1][2][3]

Publications[]

  • The Challenging Case of Nigeria (2007)[8]
  • Aspirations and Realities in Africa: Nigeria's Emerging Two-Party System? (2019)[9]
  • The Relationship between Divine and Human Law: Shari'a Law and the Nigerian Constitution (2005)

Personal life[]

She is a single mother.[10]

Reference[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Ugbodaga, Mary (2021-03-08). "IWD 2021: Celebrating 13 Nigerian women who deserve a place on the naira note". TheCable. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  2. ^ a b "PREMIUM TIMES names ombudsman board for public oversight of its journalism | Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  3. ^ a b Oladipo, Bimpe (2019-03-04). "OBE, Mrs. Ayo". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  4. ^ "Why Does It Matter That Ayo Obe, Eghosa Osaghae, Femi Falana Are Turning 60+?". Intervention. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  5. ^ Sherlaw, Meave (2016-02-22). "The Lagos power list: 21 people in 21 million". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  6. ^ Ajeluorou, Anote. "Heroes and villains of June 12". The Guardian (Nigeria). Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  7. ^ Human Rights Watch/Africa. Human Rights Watch. 1996.
  8. ^ Obe, Ayo (2007). "The Challenging Case of Nigeria". Right to Know : Transparency for an Open World Right to Know : Transparency for an Open World / Ann Florini, Ed., ISBN 9780231141581: 143–175. doi:10.7312/flor14158-005. OCLC 775218836.
  9. ^ Obe, Ayo (2019). "Aspirations and Realities in Africa: Nigeria's Emerging Two-Party System?". Journal of Democracy. 30 (3): 109–123. doi:10.1353/jod.2019.0046. ISSN 1086-3214. S2CID 199355128.
  10. ^ Okon-Ekong, Nseobong; Obioha, Vanessa (2016-02-14). "14 Powerful Ladies Who Need Love". This Day.
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