Nigerian born, British citizen, Ms Ayo Obe (née Ogunsola)
was unarguably the most outstanding lady in the pack at the advent of the
modern day civic society movement, a point that was consolidated by her
election as president of the Civil Liberties Organisation in 1995. Obe, a
partner with the Lagos law firm, Ogunsola Shonibare; following her stint as
president of the CLO was in 2006 appointed to lead the Elections Programme of
the National Democratic Institute in Nigeria. A trustee of the International Crisis
Group, ICG, she is also a member of the board of the Centre for Law Enforcement
Education (CLEEN). She has in the past served on the board of the Open Society
Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA (2006 – 2010) and was appointed by President
Olusegun Obasanjo as a member of the board of the Police Service Commission,
from 2001 to 2006. In an interview with Vanguard, Ms Obe who is a leading
advocate for the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG movement speaks on what she
describes as the shame of the continued abduction of the girls, the
anti-corruption war of the present administration, sectarian violence in the
country among other issues. Excerpts:
source: vangaurd
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