Ayo Obe

Ayo Obe "is a Legal Practitioner and a founding partner in Ogunsola Shonibare, Legal Practitioners, based in Nigeria. She is an active member of Nigeria civil society where she has done extensive work in the area of human rights, democracy and governance. She has represented Nigerian Human Rights Organizations at the Police Service Commission and has presented papers on Nigeria democracy and governance in several conferences worldwide. She has also published several papers in the field. She sits on the Board of several international organizations including the International Crisis Group. Mrs. Obe obtained her LLM degree from the University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology, Cardiff, Wales, UK."

• Director, Open Initiative for West Africa
• Steering Committee, World Movement for Democracy
• Advisory Council, Women’s Learning Partnership
• Former Management Committee Member, Africa Democracy Forum