Nigerians are in mourning mood going by the news of the untimely death of Mohammed Fawehinmi, the first son of the late human rights advocate and lawyer Chief Gani Fawehinmi as Premium Times reported Mohammed’s death was confirmed by the minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo, who worked as a lawyer in Fawehinmi’s law chamber.
Mohammed Fawehinmi before his death was a wheelchair user as result of a lone car accident he had on September 23, 2003, while returning from his father’s law firm.
Mohammed who died on Wednesday, August 11, was born on February 21, 1969. He had his primary school at Kotun Memorial School, Surulere, Lagos, and his secondary education was at the Federal Government College, Sokoto and bagged a degree in Business Administration from the University of Lagos in 1991.
He obtained an LLB degree from the University of Buckingham, England and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1998.
PM News stated He had over 20 years of experience in the legal profession On September 23, 2003, while returning from his father’s law firm, he had a lone car accident that resulted to his disability.
Until his death, he was the Head, Mohammed Fawehinmi’s Chambers, Mohammed was also the director of the Nigerian Law Publications Limited, Books Industries Nigeria Limited and Gani Fawehinmi Library and Gallery Limited.
In a 2018 interview, unmarried Mohammed had said he wouldn’t want any woman to marry him on the basis of pity.