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Nigeria: Beko Ransome-Kuti dies

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, Human Rights

Grandiose Parlour reports on the death of Nigerian human rights defender and social justice activist, Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti [1]…”Dr Beko founded the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights a very vocal and prominent anti-government organization during General Ibrahim Babagida's regime. Being physician, he was a very active member of the Nigerian Medical Association. His last years were spent organizing a sovereign national conference to address some of the nagging constitutional issues in Nigeria”