Innocent Chukwuma, a front runner civil rights activism is dead.
He is reported to have died in Lagos yesterday, Saturday, 3rd of April after being diagnosed with acute Myeloid Leukaemia. He was aged 55.
Hi death was announced by Edetaen Ojo, a frontline freedom of expression advocate and executive Director of Media Rights Agenda.
Announcing the sad development, Ojo said that it is “With profound shock and sadness, I regret to inform you that Innocent Chukwuma passed away a few hours ago, in the evening of April 3. May his soul rest in peace.
He said, “With profound shock & sadness, I regret to inform you that Innocent Chukwuma passed away a few hours ago, in the evening of April 3. May his soul rest in peace.”
Chukwuma came to the limelight as a student union activist at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in the early eighties when he vehemently campaigned against military rule.
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