By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
A Nigerian human rights activist and Executive Director of Adopt A Goal Initiative, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, has passed.
Stonix News reports that the activist passed in Abuja on Thursday.
A colleague of the deceased, Deji Adeyanju, disclosed his passage in a tweet 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.”
Sources said the activist, who had been in critical health condition for weeks, died of lung cancer.
The late activist had asked for prayers from Nigerians during his travail.
Described as a frontline human rights crusader who stood against oppression, injustice and forces and actions that sought to undermine civic and media space, Atoye reportedly 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).
He led several protests against the initial delay in the passage of the bill.
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