Prominent Human Rights Activist Bamidele Aturu Dead At 49 He came to prominence as a fighter against power abuses when, as a member of the National Youth Service Corps, he refused to shake the hand of a military administrator of Niger State, Col. Lawan Gwadabe in 1988 during his NYSC passing out parade declaring that the military had caused great harm to the democratic aspirations of Nigerians. Mr. Aturu died today after a period of an undisclosed illness. He was 49 years old. Mr. Aturu studied law at the University of Ife, and devoted much of his legal practice to representing marginalized or oppressed individuals and groups. The late activist was nominated as a member of the ongoing national confab, but he renounced his membership, arguing that the conference was designed to achieve nothing. So sad :(
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:38:03 +0000
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