Activists Pay Tribute To Beko Ransome-Kuti, 14 Years After.
This photo taken on February 10, 2020, shows activists gathered at the Anthony Village Garden in Lagos to pay tribute to Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti 14 years after he died.Fourteen years after human rights activist Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti died, members of his family and representatives of various civil society groups gathered and organised an event in his honour.
Speakers at the event used the opportunity to call for improved security in the country and an end to terrorism. She called on the government to create an enabling environment, stressing that any government that fails to provide security has no business being in governance.Another human rights activist, Femi Aborisade, condemned the recent de-registration of 74 political parties.
Aborisade, therefore, called for an amendment of the Constitution to remove Section 225a of the 1999 Constitution.
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