IBOM 100: INIBEHE EFFIONG

BARR. INIBEHE EFFIONG – LAWYER AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Inibehe Effiong is a human rights lawyer, radical activist, social crusader, writer, columnist and critic. He has written extensively on the myraid of problems besetting Nigeria. His articles are regularly published in most of the major newspapers and online news mediums in Nigeria, including; The Punch, Daily Independent, Authority, The Sun, The Peoples Daily, Sahara Reporters, Premium Times, Elombah.com, Daily Post, Linda Ikeji Blog, Elrufai's page, Pointblank News, Secrets Reporters, Abusidiqu, Osun Defenders, News Rescue, News Express, Universal Reporters, The Nigerian Voice, Scan News, Information Nigeria, Paradigm Sìhift, etc. Also, most of the local tabloids in his home state, Akwa Ibom, also publish his articles regularly.

Barr. Inibehe Effiong - Lawyer and Human Rights Activist

He graduated with an LL.B in 2014 from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. While in the university, he was actively involved in student unionism. He was a member of his faculty's student parliament during which time he drafted a new Constitution for the Law Students Association (LAWSAN). He founded the Nigerian Students Rights Movement (NSRM). He represented his university in national competitions.

On October 5, 2012, he was overwhelming elected the President of LAWSAN, University of Uyo Chapter, defeating two other contestants. However, he was robbed of his mandate by the university management in a grave show of injustice and tyranny. He was also the President of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Campus Fellowship at the time. He was a Senior Advocate of LAWSAN and the Director of Litigation of the Ime Umanah Chambers in the Faculty of Law, a position he later resigned on principle.

Inibehe is a graduate of the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus, April Batch 2014 where he served as the President (Chairperson) of the Student Representatives Council (SRC) and was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on October 20, 2015.
He is the Convener of the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD) and a member of the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), amongst others.

He has received several awards, including The Man of the Year 2015 of the Akwa Ibom State based newspaper, The Mail for his contributions to the cause of justice and humanity.

FAVOURITE QUOTE: "A man that will not die for a just cause is not fit to rule"- Abraham Lincoln.

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