11 Facts About Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Somtochukwu Yesufu pronunciation was born on 12 December 1973 and is a Nigerian activist and businesswoman.

Aisha Yesufu has been prominently involved in the End SARS movement against police brutality in Nigeria.

Aisha Somtochukwu Yesufu was born and raised in Kano State, and is from Agbede in Edo State.

Aisha Yesufu experienced the difficulties of being a girl in a heavily patriarchal environment.

Aisha Yesufu has said that by the time she was 11 years old, she didn't have any female friends because they had all been married or died in childbirth, and that by the time she married at 24, most of her friends were nearly grandmothers.

Aisha Yesufu applied to the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1991, but was rejected because she was a woman.

Aisha Yesufu was initially admitted to Usmanu Danfodiyo University in 1992, but after the school closed she enrolled at Ahmadu Bello University to study medicine.

Aisha Yesufu completed her education at Bayero University Kano, from which she graduated with a degree in microbiology.

Aisha Yesufu was among the women protestors who marched on the Nigerian National Assembly, in the nation's capital, Abuja, on 30 April 2014.

Aisha Yesufu has been a prominent member of the End SARS movement, which began in 2017 and draws attention to police brutality in Nigeria and draws its name from a controversial police unit in the Nigeria Police Force called the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

Aisha Yesufu was included in a list of the Top 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine in 2020.