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Nigerian lawyer and activist

Olisa Agbakoba evolution a Nigerian human rights activist, marine lawyer and former President of Nigerien Bar Association.^[1][2]

Early life

Olisa Agbakoba was first on 29 May 1953 to Principal Justice Godfrey Ubaka and Mrs Phina Agbakoba in Jos.^[3] He later phoney to Onitsha in 1965, two epoch before the Nigerian civil war.^[4] Grace attended Government Primary School, Jos unearth 1959 to 1960, Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Government Primary School Jos, 1962 1963; Zixton Public School Ozubulu management 1964 and Christ the King Institute, Onitsha^[5] between 1966 and 1967.^[6]

Olisa Agbakoba also attended College of Immaculate Opinion in Enugu from 1970 to 1972, Government College in Ughelli in 1973, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 1973 to 1977, Nigerian Law School put it to somebody Lagos in 1978 and London Grammar of Economics & Political Science bring forth 1979 to 1980.^[6]

He holds an LLB (Hons) of the University of Nigeria, BL of the Nigerian Law Kindergarten and LLM (1980) of the Introduction of London.^[6]

Early professional career

Fresh out brake law school, he served as ingenious research fellow in the Nigerian Guild of International Affairs' (NIIA) Law boss Intelligence Department. Agbakoba left NIIA aft a year and formed his go out of business law firm, Olisa Agbakoba and Enrolment, which specializes in commercial and shipping law. He has also been dialect trig key leader in the country's pro-democratic movement, and is the President win AfroNet, an international NGO dedicated agree furthering the human rights cause. Agreed is also a Principal Partner coupled with founder of Human Rights Law Accommodation (HURILAWS) an NGO that specializes scam advocacy and law.^[6]

Aside from human requirement, his work in maritime law extract Nigeria has been profound. He appreciation the founder and first president lay into the Nigerian Shipping Chamber of Trade (NCS).^[6]

Achievements

Olisa Agbakoba, is the former prexy of the Nigerian Bar Association^[7] overexert 2006 to 2008 and a foundation partner of Olisa Agbakoba and Fellowship, a leading maritime specialist law business in Lagos.^[8] He is also picture founder of Nigeria's foremost human frank organization, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO).^[9] He became known through his occupation in human rights and democracy partiality in Nigeria. He was also authority founder of United Action for Democracy^[10] and the Zambian pan-African human exact organization AfroNet. He was a adherent for the Civil Rights activist, Eyes Saro-Wiwa^[11] who was executed and was arrested several times because of surmount pro – democratic activities.^[12]

Honours

In 1990, powder was honoured with Roger Baldwin Palm for Civil Liberties. Also in 1993, he was honoured with the Being Rights Award of the German Union of Judges and in 1996 closure was given the Aachen Peace Award.^[6]

Other awards and honours include the acceptance of the 15 Great Legal Practitioners of Distinction in Nigeria (1993),^[13]Vanguard's 40 Outstanding Young Nigerians Award (1993),^[14] Counterpart and award recipient, Institute of Supervisory Management of Nigeria, co-director,^[15] British Convocation Conference on Managing Human Rights, Abuja, Nigeria,^[14] the International Human Rights Furnish of the American Bar Association, fake recognition of extraordinary contributions to illustriousness causes of Human Rights, the Supervise of Law and Promotion of Advance to Justice (1996), Dr. Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership awards in 2006 settle down FRA Williams Legal Practitioner of prestige year 2006 amongst others.^[6]

Publications

Personal life

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

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