BREAKING: Popular Nigerian Activist Is Dead (PHOTO)

BREAKING: Popular Nigerian Activist Is Dead (PHOTO)

Popular Nigerian human right activist, Ariyo-Dare Atoye has been reported dead after battling health issues.

It was gathered that the activist who is also the Executive Director of Adopt A Goal Initiative has been down with an ailment in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja.

Ariyo had on October 15, 2022, sent a text message from his sick bed that he needed prayers and support from Nigerians to save his life.

His death was announced by his colleague, Deji Adeyanju, who tweeted on Thursday afternoon, “My brother comrade Ariyo Dare Atoye has gone to be with the Lord. He was looking at me till the last moment. From God, we came, and it is certain to Him we will return.”

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Also confirming his death, the Presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore who is one of his close associates in a Facebook Post on Thursday said “Today, we lost an amazing human being to the cold hands of death. Rest in Power @AriyoAristotle! Sad day! ”

Atoye is a frontline human rights crusader who has stood against oppression, injustice and any force and action that seeks to undermine civic and media space.

He played a major role in the passage and signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law through a coalition called Civil Society Partners on Electoral Reform (CiSPER).

Ariyo who hailed from Ekiti State studied Mass Communication at Ahmadu Bello University  Zaria. He also studied Post Graduate School at the University of Lagos.

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