Fawehinmi’s son towed his late father’s path in championing the cause of humanity, says group

A Non-Governmental Organization, Centre For Leadership and Justice has described Barr. Mohammed Fawehinmi as a forthright activist who towed his late father’s path in championing the cause of humanity.

Tribune Online reports that Mohammed had passed on last week in a Lagos hospital while on admission over an undisclosed sickness.

The President of the Organization, Mr Emmanuel Umohinyang and the Executive Director, Dr.Gloria Egbuji made this known in a statement issued to Tribune Online on sunday. 

The Group said late Mohammed Fawehinmi had been a friend of the less privileged even while he was facing physical Challenge which confined him to a wheelchair.

As a member of the civil society family, Mohammed according to CLJ was a vocal and fearless voice at critical moments when bravery mattered most.  He never shied away and like his late, was always willing to bring out the humanist in him by defending the less privileged even at his own cost and risk.”

Just as prominent Nigerians like President Muhammadu Buhari and others have said in their own tributes to the late Mohammed, CLJ alluded to the fact that in spite of his physical Challenge, he remained consistent, passionate and dogged in his human rights activism in a manner that truly portrayed him as a son of the fiery legal luminary and activist; Chief Gani Fawehinmi who in his own time, left an indelible mark in human rights activism.

The  Organization while sharing in the grief of the Fawehinmi’s family especially Mohammed’s mother; Mrs. Ganiat Fawehinmi, encouraged the family, friends, associates and staff of Nigeria Weekly Law Reports Publication where Mohammed served as Chairman before his death, to take solace in the fact that he lived a good and honourable life.

“Mohammed Fawehinmi may have died at a relatively young age, but our Organization is consoled by the fact that like his late father, Mohammed lived for humanity and fearlessly in a country where speaking truth to authority can be hazardous.”

“Our Organization is further consoled by the fact that Mohammed did not allow his physical challenge which came mid way in his life to dampen the lion spirit in him.  He fought courageously not to be defeated by the circumstances of his confinement to the wheelchair and gave a very good account of himself,” the statement added.

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