THING YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT GANI FAWAHINMI
He was said to had died last night. Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi was born in April, 1938, he dedicated his whole life to the defence of human rights and condemnation of all ill government polices, fought the military junta with all that he had. Here are 20 facts about Gani’s life, background, and travails as an activist. Gani was forced by financial circumstance to drop out of the Holborn College as a full time student while studying Law. He then took a full time job as a Toilet Cleaner in Russell Square Hotel in Southampton Row, London. Gani Fawehinmi has 14 children from 2 wives. Gani’s biography is the most voluminous for any Nigerian dead or alive with over 4,300 pages. A site has been dedicated to Gani. http://www.ganifawehinmi.com/. This site was built while he was alive. During Abacha’s regime, Gani was deported from PortHarcourt back to Lagos. This is the first of its kind when someone was deported from a state back to his home state. His international passport...