Innocent Chukwuma, a civil society leader and renowned human
rights activist, is dead.
Chukwuma, West Africa director of Ford Foundation, died on
Saturday in Lagos.
He died at the age of 55.
He was said to have been diagonised with acute Myeloid
Leukaemia — aggressive cancer of the blood.
He was to travel to the United
Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday for a fellowship at University of Oxford.
He only discovered just last week that he had leukaemia and
it turned out to be an aggressive one.
The UK trip was delayed to enable him celebrate Easter with
his family.
Chukwuma joined Ford Foundation as its West Africa
representative in 2013.
He was responsible for overseeing grant making in the
region, supporting efforts to ensure that all people have equal access to
economic and social opportunities.
He is a globally recognised advocate for human rights and
good governance.
Chukwuma was also the founder of Centre for Law Enforcement
Education, popularly known as CLEEN Foundation.
CLEEN was the first African nongovernmental organisation to
receive the MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
Chukwuma was also the director, international lobby program,
Civil Liberties Organization
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