Olisa Agbakoba was born on 29 May 1953 to Chief Justice Godfrey Ubaka and Mrs Phina Agbakoba in Jos.
12 Facts About Olisa Agbakoba
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Olisa Agbakoba later moved to Onitsha in 1965, two years before the Nigerian civil war.
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Olisa Agbakoba attended Government Primary School, Jos from 1959 to 1960, Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Government Primary School Jos, 1962 1963; Zixton Public School Ozubulu in 1964 and Christ the King College, Onitsha between 1966 and 1967.
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Olisa Agbakoba holds an LLB of the University of Nigeria, BL of the Nigerian Law School and LLM of the University of London.
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Olisa Agbakoba has been a key leader in the country's pro-democratic movement, and is the President of AfroNet, an international NGO dedicated to furthering the human rights cause.
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Olisa Agbakoba is a Principal Partner and founder of Human Rights Law Services an NGO that specializes in advocacy and law.
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Olisa Agbakoba is the founder and first president of the Nigerian Shipping Chamber of Commerce.
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Olisa Agbakoba, is the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association from 2006 to 2008 and a founding partner of Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, a leading maritime specialist law firm in Lagos.
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Olisa Agbakoba is the founder of Nigeria's foremost human rights organization, the Civil Liberties Organisation.
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Olisa Agbakoba became known through his work in human rights and democracy movement in Nigeria.
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Olisa Agbakoba was the founder of United Action for Democracy and the Zambian pan-African human rights organization AfroNet.
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Olisa Agbakoba is married to Lilian Agbakoba, who is a lawyer by profession, has three daughters and six grandchildren and lives in Lagos.