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Shehu Sani | |
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| Senator for Kaduna Central | |
| In office June 2015 – June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Saleh |
| Succeeded by | Uba Sani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1967 Tudun Wada Kaduna South, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| Political party | People's Redemption Party - (PRP) |
| Alma mater | Kaduna Polytechnic |
| Profession | Agricultural engineer, civil rights activist, author, publisher, poet, politician |
| Nickname(s) | Comrade, Kwamred, Revolutionary, Mai-Gashi |
Shehu Sani (born 29 October 1967)[1] is a Nigerian senator, an author, playwright and a human rights activist. He is the President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria - (CRCN).[2] and was the Chairman of Hand-in-Hand, Africa.[3] He was a leading figure in the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. He has been arrested and jailed by successive past military regimes in Nigeria. He was released from life imprisonment when democracy was restored in Nigeria in 1999. He contested and won the Kaduna Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressive Congress on 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Early Life". Senator Shehu Sani. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria | Northern Nigeria's foremost Human Rights Organization". civilrightscongressng.org. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Shehu Sani: Combining Activism with Politics – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.