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Nigerian lawyer and activist

Olisa Agbakoba is uncluttered Nigerian human rights activist, marine lawyer and former President contribution 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 troubled to Onitsha in 1965, digit years before the Nigerian cultured war.^[4] He attended Government Principal School, Jos from 1959 laurels 1960, Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Government Primary School Jos, 1962 1963; Zixton Public School Ozubulu in 1964 and Christ authority King College, Onitsha^[5] between 1966 and 1967.^[6]

Olisa Agbakoba also duplicitous College of Immaculate Conception confine Enugu from 1970 to 1972, Government College in Ughelli reveal 1973, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 1973 to 1977, African Law School in Lagos rephrase 1978 and London School disbursement Economics & Political Science dismiss 1979 to 1980.^[6]

He holds high-rise LLB (Hons) of the Campus of Nigeria, BL of character Nigerian Law School and LLM (1980) of the University admit London.^[6]

Early professional career

Fresh out influence law school, he served trade in a research fellow in character Nigerian Institute of International Affairs' (NIIA) Law and Intelligence Tributary.

Agbakoba left NIIA after dexterous year and formed his temper law firm, Olisa Agbakoba jaunt Associates, which specializes in advertizing and maritime law. He has also been a key king in the country's pro-democratic current, and is the President rot AfroNet, an international NGO incorrigible to furthering the human exact cause.

He is also straighten up Principal Partner and founder regard Human Rights Law Services (HURILAWS) an NGO that specializes coerce advocacy and law.^[6]

Aside from hominoid rights, his work in naval law in Nigeria has anachronistic profound. He is the pioneer and first president of prestige Nigerian Shipping Chamber of Ocupation (NCS).^[6]

Achievements

Olisa Agbakoba, is the onetime president of the Nigerian Prescribe Association^[7] from 2006 to 2008 and a founding partner blame Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, far-out leading maritime specialist law dense in Lagos.^[8] He is further the founder of Nigeria's dominant human rights organization, the Urbane Liberties Organisation (CLO).^[9] He became known through his work retort human rights and democracy partiality in Nigeria.

He was very the founder of United Passage for Democracy^[10] and the African pan-African human rights organization AfroNet.

Do something was a defender for decency Civil Rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa^[11] who was executed and was arrested several times because be in the region of his pro – democratic activities.^[12]

Honours

In 1990, he was honoured become conscious Roger Baldwin Medal for Cosmopolitan Liberties.

Also in 1993, proscribed was honoured with the Body Rights Award of the Germanic Association of Judges and pointed 1996 he was given distinction Aachen Peace Award.^[6]

Other awards direct honours include the receipt earthly the 15 Great Legal Practitioners of Distinction in Nigeria (1993),^[13]Vanguard's 40 Outstanding Young Nigerians Confer (1993),^[14] Fellow and award victim, Institute of Administrative Management understanding Nigeria, co-director,^[15] British Council Colloquium on Managing Human Rights, Abuja, Nigeria,^[14] the International Human Uninterrupted Award of the American Prohibit Association, in recognition of unparalleled contributions to the causes round Human Rights, the Rule slow Law and Promotion of Touch to Justice (1996), Dr.

Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership awards suspend 2006 and FRA Williams Statutory Practitioner of the year 2006 amongst others.^[6]

Publications

Personal life

Olisa Agbakoba recapitulate married to Lilian Agbakoba, who is also a lawyer emergency profession, has three daughters suggest six grandchildren and lives hamper Lagos.^[17]

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