Legal practitioner and advocate for human rights, Esther Uzoma has passed away, it emerged on Thursday.
The deceased was said to have died in an Abuja hospital following complications from surgery on Wednesday.
Until her death, she was the convener of the Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room and was the National Coordinator of Proactive Gender Initiatives (PGI).
The situation room in a statement on Thursday confirmed she died yesterday, following a surgery at a hospital in Abuja.
The statement said;
Esther was very energetic, and a committed human rights activist and has been in the forefront of driving Nigeria democratic reforms, she will be sorely missed by all who came in contact with her.
Uzoma was last seen at Electoral Reform Joint Public Hearing at the National Assembly held December, 2020.
Fondly called “Lady Comrade”, Uzoma attended Township Primary School, Aba, and later proceeded to Girls Secondary Commercial School, Aba.
Thereafter, she proceeded to Alvan Ikoku College of Education to study English. She later attended Imo State University where she bagged her LL.B. In 2002, she was called to the Nigerian Bar after finishing from the Nigerian Law School, Abuja.
Uzoma is renowned for her quest for justice for women’s right and she had said the decision to stand up for the right of women is that “I saw the evils of patriarchy and how easily it could constrain development of a woman”.
Friends and colleagues have taken to social media to express grief over her death.
May her soul rest in peace.
