Activist Bamidele Atiru is dead

Bamidele Aturu has  died after an undisclosed illness at the age of 49. The late lawyer was one of the founding members  of Democratic Alternative; a political group dedicated to holding those in power accountable to the governed.

Mr. Aturu studied law at the University of Ife, and devoted much of his legal practice to representing marginalized or oppressed individuals and groups.

The late activist was nominated as a member of the ongoing national confab, but he renounced his membership, arguing that the conference was designed to achieve nothing.

A human rights activist in Abuja stated that Mr. Aturu's death "has created a huge void in the camp of those of us working to enthrone a solid democratic culture where political power is deployed to serve the interests of the generality of citizens." May his soul rest in peace.