{"id":9015,"date":"2017-01-27T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9015"},"modified":"2017-10-27T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T13:59:11","slug":"fawehinmi-chief-ganiyu-oyesola","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/fawehinmi-chief-ganiyu-oyesola\/","title":{"rendered":"FAWEHINMI, Chief Ganiyu Oyesola(Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LLB, BL, lawyer, author, publisher, philanthropist, human rights activist, born April 22, 1938, On do, Ondo State; married, has four sons, eight daughters; Education: Ansar-Ud-Deen School, 1946-53, Victory College, Ikare, 1954-58, University of London (external student), 1961-64, Nigerian Law School, Lagos, 1964; called to the Nigerian Bar on January 15, 1965; engaged in private legal practice* since 1965; former Columnist in the following Newspapers: Nigerian Tribune, Ibadan, Daily Sketch, Ibadan and The Chroni cle, Calabar; member, Ghandi Foundation, India, since 1971; former National Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Bar Association, 1971-73; was students&#8217; Counsel, University of Ibadan Students&#8217;Crisis, 1971, and University of Lagos Students* Crisis, 1978; founder, Gani Scholar ship Scheme, since 1972; Chairman, Free Education Association of Nigeria, since 1975; Life member, Obafemi Awolowo University Students&#8217; Union, since 1988; Life member, University of Ibadan Students&#8217; Union, since 1988; No OF CASES HANDLED BY GANI FAWEHINMI&#8217;S CHAMBER: Over 5,000 cases in Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Courtsand Magistrate courts, since 1965, Some of the notable cases handled: Abashe v Obeya, Jos (to instil discipline in the establishment), 1969; Ajodeji v Brigadier Adekunle (combating detention), 1973; Amakiri&#8217;s case (ensuring press freedom), 1974; Tarka v Daily Sketch (reputation in public life), 1974; Dr. Akintunde, Dr. Akinde, Dr. Madunagu cases (fighting against detention), 1975; Adesanya v president (locus standi), 1980; Dele Giwa v Adewusi (law over might), 1982; Gani Fawhinmi v NBA, 1984; Saidu Garba v Permanent Secretary (law over might), 1984; Rotimi Williams v Newswatch, 1986; Dawodu Murder Case, 1987; Gani Fawehinmi v Akilu, 1987; Detentions: has been arrested and detained by various Govern ments on 10 (ten) occasions, since 1969; Tradi tional title: Lomofe of Ondo, 1978; Publica tions: People&#8217;s Right To Free Education At All Levels (1974), Osemawe of Ondo Crisis: &#8216;The Heroic Struggle of The Ondos in Defence of Their Tradition and Traditional Justice&#8217; (1975), A wo On Free Education (1976), The Law of Contempt In Nigeria (Lagos, Nigerian Law Publications, 1980), Nigerian Law of Libel and The Press (Lagos, Nigerian Law Publications, 1987), Nigerian law of The Press Under The Constitution and The Criminal Law (Lagos, Nigerian Law Publications, 1987), Bench and Bar In Nigeria (Lagos, Nigerian Law Publications, 1988), Murder of Dele Giwa: The Right ofA Private Prosecutor (Lagos, Nigerian Law Publications, 1988), Nigerian Law of Habeas Corpus (Lagos, Nigerian Law Publications), also editor of the following Books: Digest of the Supreme Court Cases, 1956-84 (Vols 1-10), Supreme Court of Nigeria Law Reports (1 and 2 SCNLR, 1983), Supreme Court of Nigeria Law Reports, (1 SCNLR, 1984), The Nigerian Constitutional Law Reports (Vols 1-6), High Court ofNigeria Law Reports, (1985), Digest of Western State Court of Appeal Civil Cases, 1967-69 and Nigerian Weekly Law Reports (since 1985); Hobbies: lawn tennis, swimming, reading; Postal address: PO Box 39, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, OR PO Box 1114 Surulere, Lagos; Chambers and library address: 35, Ajao Road, Ajao Estate, Anthony Village, Off Ikorodu Road, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 963508; Hand Delivery address: 28, Sabiu-Ajose Crescent, Surulere, Lagos State; Telephone (01) 835153.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9016,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9015","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9015"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}