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Osai Ojigho
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Osai Ojigho

Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist

Osai Ojigho (born 1976) is a Nigerian human rights expert, lawyer and gender equality advocate, who as of 2021, is the Director of Amnesty International's national office in Nigeria. She serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) and sits on the board of Alliances for Africa.2

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Born 1976.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Wolverhampton3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Lagos3 4

Ojigho was born in Lagos State to the family of Chief Mark Obu and his wife Theresa. She obtained her (LLB) law degree at University of Lagos and a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2000 and obtained a practice Diploma in International Human Rights from the College of Law of England and Wales in 2010.

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Career

Occupation: human rights defender, lawyer, feminist.6

In 2017, Ojigho was appointed Country Director of Amnesty International in Nigeria, where she has overseen and participated in advocacy and social change campaigns including the Bring Back Our Girls and End SARS movement as well as lending the organisation's voice to various for human rights violations, social injustice, housing rights, and gender based sexual violence.

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Personal life

  • Born1976, Lagos7
  • CitizenshipNigeria8

Awards

  • Date not recordedAfrican Feminist Forum9

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