One of Nigeria’s civil society leaders and founder of the CLEEN Foundation, Innocent Chukwuma, has died.
His death was announced on Sunday via CLEEN Foundation’s Twitter.
INNOCENT CHUKWUMA: PAINFULLY GONE TOO SOON – https://t.co/roH77oIM1D pic.twitter.com/Qa4hYaXwvw
— CLEEN Foundation (@cleenfoundation) April 4, 2021
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The foundation described its late founder as a patriot, who throughout his years, struggled for a Nigerian nation where peace, justice and development are attained and sustained.
The late Chukwuma was one of the students within the National Union of Nigerian Students (NANS) platform that opposed the arbitrary powers of the military rule in the 1980s.
He continued the struggle as a staff of the Civil Liberties Organisation where he led research and advocacy on police reform.
In 1989, Chukwuma established the Centre for Law Enforcement of Education in Nigeria registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as CLEEN Foundation.
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, one of his close allies and comrade in a civil right crusade, Chidi Odinkalu, said the late Chukwuma, “passed before the needle could be inserted.
“He was a man of decency. I knew him for nearly 35 and I am grateful for the privilege. In all things, as my late mum always said, we must learn to give thanks. He was a man of decency,” he told Vanguard.
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