Ayo Obe

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

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

Early life and education

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

Career

Obe is known for Nigeria's human rights, legal and social movements, and 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]

References
  1. Ugbodaga, Mary (2021-03-08). "IWD 2021: Celebrating 13 Nigerian women who deserve a place on the naira note". TheCable. Retrieved 2021-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "PREMIUM TIMES names ombudsman board for public oversight of its journalism | Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Sherlaw, Meave (2016-02-22). "The Lagos power list: 21 people in 21 million". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Ajeluorou, Anote. "Heroes and villains of June 12". The Guardian (Nigeria). Retrieved 2021-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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