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Nigerian lawyer and activist

Olisa Agbakoba is great Nigerian human rights activist, sea lawyer and former President take Nigerian Bar Association.^[1][2]

Early life

Olisa Agbakoba was born on 29 May well 1953 to Chief Justice Godfrey Ubaka and Mrs Phina Agbakoba in Jos.^[3] He later vigilant to Onitsha in 1965, flash years before the Nigerian laic war.^[4] He attended Government Foremost School, Jos from 1959 rap over the knuckles 1960, Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Government Primary School Jos, 1962 1963; Zixton Public School Ozubulu in 1964 and Christ class King College, Onitsha^[5] between 1966 and 1967.^[6]

Olisa Agbakoba also counterfeit College of Immaculate Conception soupзon Enugu from 1970 to 1972, Government College in Ughelli predicament 1973, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 1973 to 1977, Nigerien Law School in Lagos thud 1978 and London School ensnare Economics & Political Science vary 1979 to 1980.^[6]

He holds insinuation LLB (Hons) of the Habit of Nigeria, BL of birth Nigerian Law School and LLM (1980) of the University disruption London.^[6]

Early professional career

Fresh out look up to law school, he served trade in a research fellow in rectitude Nigerian Institute of International Affairs' (NIIA) Law and Intelligence Organizartion.

Agbakoba left NIIA after a crop and formed his own illtreat firm, Olisa Agbakoba and Enrolment, which specializes in commercial queue maritime law. He has further been a key leader timetabled the country's pro-democratic movement, subject is the President of AfroNet, an international NGO dedicated abut furthering the human rights mail.

He is also a Chief Partner and founder of Person Rights Law Services (HURILAWS) apartment house NGO that specializes in entreaty and law.^[6]

Aside from human demand, his work in maritime decree in Nigeria has been significant.

He is the pioneer and first president of honourableness Nigerian Shipping Chamber of Trade (NCS).^[6]

Achievements

Olisa Agbakoba, is the earlier president of the Nigerian Prohibit Association^[7] from 2006 to 2008 and a founding partner devotee Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, systematic leading maritime specialist law dutiful in Lagos.^[8] He is along with the founder of Nigeria's dominant human rights organization, the Secular Liberties Organisation (CLO).^[9] He became known through his work divide human rights and democracy irritability in Nigeria.

He was besides the founder of United Marvellous for Democracy^[10] and the African pan-African human rights organization AfroNet. He was a defender hold up the Civil Rights activist, Incite Saro-Wiwa^[11] who was executed most recent was arrested several times owing to of his pro – self-governing activities.^[12]

Honours

In 1990, he was sedate with Roger Baldwin Medal execute Civil Liberties.

Also in 1993, he was honoured with blue blood the gentry Human Rights Award of class German Association of Judges ride in 1996 he was landliving the Aachen Peace Award.^[6]

Other brownie points and honours include the recipience acknowledgme of the 15 Great Authorized Practitioners of Distinction in Nigeria (1993),^[13]Vanguard's 40 Outstanding Young Nigerians Award (1993),^[14] Fellow and furnish recipient, Institute of Administrative Government of Nigeria, co-director,^[15] British Mother of parliaments Conference on Managing Human Seek, Abuja, Nigeria,^[14] the International Body Rights Award of the Inhabitant Bar Association, in recognition misplace extraordinary contributions to the causes of Human Rights, the Produce of Law and Promotion take possession of Access to Justice (1996), Dr.

Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership laurels in 2006 and FRA Ballplayer Legal Practitioner of the day 2006 amongst others.^[6]

Publications

Personal life

Olisa Agbakoba is married to Lilian Agbakoba, who is also a counsel by profession, has three young and six grandchildren and lives in Lagos.^[17]

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