Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim | |
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| Born | 1965 June 28 |
| Education | Cherubim and Seraphim College, Ilorin. University of Lagos, Kwara College of Technology, |
| Alma mater | University of Lagos. University of Buckingham |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Human rights activist, Businessman |
| Political party | PDP |
| Awards | Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership Award, Veteran Award, 2000 Nigerian Union of Journalist Award, Max Bellof Scholarship |
Gbenga Toyosi Olawepo (born 28 June 1965) is a Nigerian human rights activist and businessman. Olawepo first was recognized as an anti-apartheid activist; he and three other students' leaders of the University of Lagos were clamped into the over-crowded Nigeria Police cell in April 1989 after an anti-apartheid protest. The military regime that was growing increasingly repressive and intolerant of freedom of expression in Nigeria then ordered the detention of the student activist. The Education Editor of Guardian Express – Joe Idika- published an exclusive report on the plight of the quartet in what was an exposé on the deplorable condition under which detainees are held in the Nigerian Police facilities. The report was also a story of the visit of Margaret Thatcher over her government's pro-apartheid policy, which the student-labour protest was opposing.[1][2]