Sowore Celebrates Falana At 64

<h4>Sowore Celebrates Falana At 64<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that Omoyele Sowore&comma; a Nigerian human rights activist&comma; pro-democracy campaigner&comma; founder of an online news agency Sahara Reporters and 2023 presidential hopeful on the platform of African Action Congress&comma; AAC&comma; has felicitated with Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s foremost legal icon&comma; Mr&period; Femi Falana&comma; SAN&comma; on the occasion of his 64th birthday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Writing on his Facebook wall&comma; Sowore applauded Falana&&num;8217&semi;s commitment to a better Nigeria and described him as &&num;8220&semi;Fatherly Comrade&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Special happy revolutionary birthday shoutout to our Fatherly Comrade&comma; Femi Falana SAN&excl; May his new age propel Nigeria towards the lifesaving revolution it badly needs&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sowore wrote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Femi Falana who has&comma; over the years&comma; become the voice of the voiceless and down trodden in the Nigeria system was<br &sol;>&NewLine;born on May 20&comma; 1958 at Ilawe&comma; Ekiti State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Nigerian lawyer and Human rights activist attended St&period; Michael’s School from 1963 to 1968 as well as Sacred Heart Catholic Seminary between 1971 and 1975&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The graduate of the University of Ife&comma; now Obafemi Awolowo University&comma; Ife began his legal practice in 1982 and handled tough cases in and outside Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Apart from his consistent advocacy for good governance&comma; the Principal Partner at Falana &amp&semi; Falana Chambers&comma; was&comma; only recently&comma; the national chairman of National Conscience Party&comma; NCP&period; He was on the Ekiti governorship ballot in 2010&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The author of &&num;8220&semi;Governance Politics in Post Military Nigeria Fundamental Rights Enforcement&comma; belongs to many professional bodies and at a time&comma; was the President&comma; West African Bar Association&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;