Remembering the Hero Chima Ubani: Chima Ubani was a well regarded human rights activist who sadly died in a car accident on theway home from a demonstration against the government’s increase in fuel prices. Few people in Nigerian history are as notable for their courage and unrelenting devotion to justice as Chima Ubani. During the infamous regimes of Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha, this renowned human rights campaigner was at the center of multiple anti-military activities. Ubani is considered a great hero of the Nigerian democratic fight because of his unceasing attempts to organize the populace against these repressive governments.
In 1964, Chima Ubani was born. At the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he excelled academically and graduated as the best student in Crop Science, he started his activism adventure. During these early years, Ubani’s enthusiasm for activism blossomed, and he started to take charge of the student union. After graduating from college, Ubani continued to be an activist. He got heavily active in the fight for democracy and human rights, serving in a number of important capacities during his professionallife. From 1992 until 1994, he was the Campaign for Democracy’s (CD) general secretary, playing a crucial role at a period of severe political repression.
