A new statue of the late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi has been unveiled by the Lagos State Government at the ‘Liberty Park’, in Ojota

The unveiling of the statue also coincides with the commemoration of the 80th posthumous birthday of the late icon

The 44-feet edifice symbolises the phenomenon that the rights activist represented in his life time.


The new statue also affirms the present administration’s commitment to celebrate personalities whose action have helped to define the fortune and spirit of Lagos State positively over the years.

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An activist who couldn't be bought by any government. I still, maintain the current crop of activist have a price and that just a mere federal or political appointment and they begin to sing a new song.
BTW Femi Falana was supposed to take over from him but seems he lost his voice somewhere somehow

Rochas .....! Come and check if it's original or fake. Lord statue!

Beautiful Lagos

Beautiful

He shall never be forgotten, he was a brave man.

Olalan:
An activist who couldn't be bought by any government. I still, maintain the current crop of activist have a price and that just a mere federal or political appointment and they begin to sing a new song.
BTW Femi Falana was supposed to take over from him but seems he lost his voice somewhere somehow

Femi Falana never lost his voice at any time. He is still as consistent as ever in his fight against corruption and bad government and also in his fight for the protection of human rights.

It is easier to be a human right activist and social crusader during military regime as it is the people versus the military. In democracy, it's a different kettle of fish entirely. Once an activist start criticising a failing government, the government and its supporters would accuse him/her of working for the opposition. Such is the case of people like Femi Falana, Oby Ezekwesili, Wole Soyinka etc who spoke against the corruption of the GEJ government and till today, the wailing supporters of Jonathan still goes about abusing them for speaking truth to power.

yessss

As a member of developer's association of yeastern Nigeria, this statue of greatest lawyer of Yoruba extraction pain my Igbo wella o. Chinedu, which one should I call ragos, no man's land or biniland. You know we are always confuse just cos we don't want these great Yoruba to own their land.

Westbestside:
As an member of developer's association of yeastern Nigeria, this status of greatest lawyer of Yoruba extraction pain my Igbo wella o. Chinedu, which one should I call ragos, no man's land or biniland. You know we are always confuse just cos we don't want these great Yoruba to own their land.

This is marginalisation.
We are only seeing statues of great yoruba men like pa awolowo, fela, gani fawehinmi etc.
When are we going to start seeing the statues of men from the tribe that always call lagos no man's land?

This statue is greater than Ojukwu and Nnamdi Kanu joined together

Well deserved
He was truly a great man

Now thats how to build a statue.

Kudos....thank God dem Don commot the wolo wolo statue wey dey there b4.

They should have consulted Okorocha... See as the statue now look like Babalawo

Westbestside:
As an member of developer's association of yeastern Nigeria, this status of greatest lawyer of Yoruba extraction pain my Igbo wella o. Chinedu, which one should I call ragos, no man's land or biniland. You know we are always confuse just cos we don't want these great Yoruba to own their land.

bro abeg get sense

C

Better than what Rochas did

Westbestside:

As an member of developer's association of yeastern Nigeria, this status of greatest lawyer of Yoruba extraction pain my Igbo wella o. Chinedu, which one should I call ragos, no man's land or biniland. You know we are always confuse just cos we don't want these great Yoruba to own their land.

God see english
#LazyYouth

How does this look nothing like Gano Fayehinmi? Na bricklayer build this statue?

Diiet:

This is marginalisation.
We are only seeing statues of great yoruba men like pa awolowo, fela, gani fawehinmi etc.
When are we going to see the statue of a man from the tribe that always call lagos no man's land?

the problem with Yoruba is tribalism is in there blood.

dignity33:
the problem with Yoruba is tribalism is in there blood.

Another #LazyYouth
See English

When Chief Gani's 14-year old first child asked for his dad's support to go to the Nigeria Defence Academy taking the NDA's form to his father to sign, Chief Gani left the form, reached for the cane and flogged the young man for planning to join his tormentors.

From Kaduna prison to Jos prison, from Gombe prison to portharcourt prison, from Kuje prison to Ikoyi prison, Chief Gani Fawehinmi was the most jailed human right activist from Nigeria.
For raising his voice against injustice, his books were confiscated, his library set ablaze, his house and chambers were always raided and he was assaulted on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in Lagos by Naval officers.
His travails from security agents never dissuaded him from defending the poor and the weak in the society.

"I defended the students of University of Ibadan in 1971 when one of the students, Kunle Adepeju, was shot dead by the police under Gowon’s regime and the government of the day set up a Commission of enquiry headed by Justice B. O. Kazim and I represented the students for 5 months in that tribunal of enquiry. In 1976, I defended the students of University of Benin against the wrath of the military government. In 1983, under Shehu Shagari, there was a peaceful demonstration by more than 4000 students of the University of Maiduguri against the misdirected high handedness of the leadership of Professor Jubril Aminu, (former Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S.) Several students were expelled and their education illegally truncated. I fought to the Supreme Court to obtain victory. This is just to mention few of my struggles for justice." Gani recalled.

They always came for him. He was arrested on his 50th birthday.

"I witnessed one of the times they came to arrest him in the house. They were about armed 20 policemen. It was as if they were coming to take a criminal and they brought a big Black Maria. He told them, ‘Gentlemen how are you? Are you ready?’ He told my mum to take care of us and he followed them" His daughter, Idiat recalled.

Due to incessant arrest Chief Gani always kept a bag with toothpaste, toothbrush and the Qur'an with him-always ready for jail.

When he was asked the possibility of defending Ralph Uwazurike he said:

"If am approached by Uwazurike to take up his case, I will fly straight to wherever he is or, if I cannot go there by air, I will go there by road. If I cannot go there by road, I will trek to defend his right to hold an opinion because freedom of speech is a fundamental right. Because he has the right to pursue any objective and if they feel that his objective is criminal, then he has the right to defend himself in the court of law and we shall defend the issue of his fundamental rights"

Chief Gani was Unbiased, detribalized and unsentimental patriot. When her own daughter was working in his Chambers, she either resumed before/at 7am or be locked outside the gate like every latecomer.

Chief Gani's lung began to deteriorate while doctors were busy focusing on his heart and blood pressure. It got so bad that he called his cardiologist, Dr Mike Fadayomi, his childhood friend from the age of four. He is one of the best cardiologist in this world. He directed Chief Gani to a radiologist to do the X-ray first. When he (radiologist) came with the wet X-ray and showed it to Gani and Fadayomi, the cardiologist shouted;

"Gani something dangerous is wrong with your left lung. You must run to London. I don't understand this"

When Chief Gani got to London the doctors told him that he was among the 5% patients in the world who don't smoke or drink and yet had lung cancer.
Gani narrated his ordeals to the doctors in London and one of them hinted that his "horrible detention" must have triggered the lung failure.
The human right activist was asked to prepare for the worst and Gani wept.

To prevent politicians from "hijacking" his burial, Gani bought his casket while alive and made cash available for his funeral with instructions to his children about how he liked his funeral to be.

Chief Gani Fawehinmi literally lost his voice to the ravaging lung cancer before his Sun finally set on 9th September 2009. And Nigeria hasn't been able to find a replacement for that voice of justice and courage till date.

Let's celebrate another selfless Nigerian
A legal icon
A symbol of justice
And OUR HERO.
He would have be 80years old today.

Gani The "SENIOR ADVOCATE OF THE MASSES (SAM)". What a vacuum

CeoNewshelm:
A new statue of the late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi has been unveiled by the Lagos State Government at the ‘Liberty Park’, in Ojota

The unveiling of the statue also coincides with the commemoration of the 80th posthumous birthday of the late icon

The 44-feet edifice symbolises the phenomenon that the rights activist represented in his life time.


The new statue also affirms the present administration’s commitment to celebrate personalities whose action have helped to define the fortune and spirit of Lagos State positively over the years.

http://newshelm.ng/photos-lagos-state-govt-unveils-gani-fawehinmis-statue-at-liberty-park/

Nice one

Nice One. He deserves it. Memories

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Great lawyer

The statue looks like Ju mong. ... Chinese war lord

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A big thank you to Lagos state for doing ds to honour my uncle, d late icon.

dignity33:
the problem with Yoruba is tribalism is in there blood.

and you Nairaland igbos are being civil by calling lagos no man's land?

Seeing Femi Falana paying his respect not minding their difference of opinion most atimes when alive.

It's worthy a commendations, very unlike my people from other end who unhealthy rivalry is their identity.

all of them na the same..OLE