The first son of the late renowned lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, is dead.
It was gathered that the 52-year-old passed on in Lagos on Wednesday.
Mohammed Fawehinmi was a graduate of Business Administration of the University of Lagos in 1991.
He obtained an LLB degree from the University of Buckingham, England, and was called to Nigerian Bar in 1998.
Before his death, Fawehinmi was the Head, Mohammed Fawehinmi’s Chambers, Director, Nigerian Law Publications Limited, Director, Books Industries Nigeria Limited, and Director, Gani Fawehinmi Library & Gallery Limited.
He had a terrible accident in 2003 in Lagos which affected his spinal cord.
Mohammed’s death was confirmed by the minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo, who worked as a lawyer in Mr Fawehinmi’s law chamber.
He wrote: “My brother, friend and son of my late boss, Mohammed Fawehinmi, is gone. I am speechless and heartbroken. I just spoke with the eldest daughter Basirat and she confirmed it. Mohammed was energetic and very intellectually alert, despite his mishap. He kept the flame of his father burning. We will sorely miss him,” Mr Keyamo wrote on Facebook.
