12 Facts You Did Not Know About Chief Gani Fawehinmi

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Chief Gani Fawehinmi was a lawyer and a selfless human right activist. He was best known for his Stand against injustice and bad governance. Here are 15 inspiring facts about the life of the great Philanthropist and humanitarian.

  1. He was a native of Ondo town in Ondo state, South Western part of Nigeria.
  2. His father (Chief Saheed Tejugbobo Fawehinmi) was a timber trader and a prominent Muslim in Ondo town.
  3. He had his primary school education at Ansar-ud-Deen primary school Iyemaja, Ondo State.
  4. He was Nicknamed 'nation' while in college for his passion For national matters and political affairs.
  5. He was an avid reader of Daily Times and West African Pilot.
  6. He studied law at Holborn College, University of London
  7. His father Died while he was in the university
  8. He was engaged in odd jobs while in London University due to financial Challenges
  9. He was a major antagonist in the Abacha Led Regime
  10. He was often jailed, imprisoned, threatened by government agents
  11. He was popularly known as Senior Advocate of the Masses
  12. He rejected the greatest honour the Nigerian government could bestow on a citizen 'Order of the Federal Republic'(OFR), protesting against Several years of misrule in Nigeria since independence.

Chief Gani Fawehinmi died as a dissapointed man. For the fact that his dear country is still under the scourge of bad leadership at the time of his.

Refrence
Wikipedia, Gani Fawehinmi

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