Otti moves to immortalise late CLO leader, Chima Ubani, 20 years after demise

By Steve Oko

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has announced plans by his medication to immortalise the precocious Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) person and quality rights activist, Comrade Chima Ubani, 2 decades aft his decease successful a arguable car crash.

Governor Otti described Ubani, who died connected September 21, 2005, on the Potiskum–Yobe road portion coordinating the Labour and Civil Society (LASCO) protests against incessant substance terms hikes, arsenic “a martyr of the masses” whose contributions to ideology and quality rights stay indelible.

In a posthumous tribute titled “20 Years After, the Vacuum Remains Unfilled,” the politician regretted that Ubani had not been accorded the nationalist honour befitting his sacrifices.

“Abia nether my ticker volition immortalise Comrade Ubani and his legacies precise soon,” Otti assured.

Ubani, past aged 42 and begetter of four, was the Executive Director of CLO astatine the clip of his death. He reportedly gave up his spot connected a formation to Abuja for the past NLC President, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and opted to question by roadworthy earlier the fatal crash.

Otti, successful a connection signed by his Special Adviser connected Media and Publicity, Mr. Ferdinand Ekeoma, said Ubani’s decease “has continued to wounded 20 years aft his demise successful an inexplicable car clang portion warring for the rights of Nigerian workers.”

He recalled their shared travel arsenic pupil leaders, arsenic good arsenic Ubani’s courageousness and selflessness:

“Chima yielded himself to the nation—serving humanity with candour and compassion. He didn’t dice connected a concern travel but successful the enactment of duty, during a nationwide protestation organised by the NLC, leaving humanity shocked and shaken.”

The politician besides urged Ubani’s colleagues and pro-democracy allies not to wantonness the values and struggles for which helium lived and died.

A salient dependable successful Nigeria’s pro-democracy movement, Ubani came into nationalist limelight aft the annulment of the June 12, 1993 statesmanlike election. He played a starring relation successful uniting quality rights groups nether the Campaign for Democracy and joined Niger Delta activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, successful campaigns against lipid companies.

Ubani was repeatedly targeted by authorities repression. His location and bureau were raided successful 1994, and a study helium co-authored connected women and children successful Nigerian prisons was seized. He was aboriginal arrested, jailed successful 1995, and adopted arsenic a captive of conscience by Amnesty International earlier regaining state successful 1996.

Until his decease successful 2005, Ubani remained a fearless advocator of justice, equity, and bully governance.

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