Aisha Yesufu’s Biography, Age, Net Worth, Education, Spouse, Children And Awards

Aisha Yesufu is a Nigerian activist and businesswoman. She co-founded the #BringBackOurGirls movement, which brings attention to the abduction of over 200 girls from a secondary school in Chibok, by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Need to know more about her? Well, here’s her Biography, Age, Net worth, Education, Family background, Occupation, Spouse, etc.

Who is Aisha Yesufu?

Aisha was born on 12 December 1973 and is a Nigerian activist and businesswoman. After the terrorist group Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls in 2014, Yesufu and Oby Ezekwesili co-founded the #BringBackOurGirls movement to push for their rescue.

Full name: Aisha Somtochukwu Yesufu

Date of birth: 12 December 1973

Age: 49

Place of birth: Kano

State of origin: Edo State

Nationality: Nigerian

Education: Bayero University Kano

Net worth: Undisclosed

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Spouse: Aliu Osigwe Yesufu

Occupation: Businesswoman and activist

Marital status: Married

Children: Aliyah and Amir 

Parents: Update soon

Tribe: Etsako

Association: #BringBackOurGirls movement

Awards: KOKO’s 2020 Woman Of The Year,  The Future Awards Africa Prize for Service to Young People

Social media: Twitter@https://twitter.com/AishaYesufu

Yesufu has been a prominent member of the End SARS movement, which began in 2017 and draws attention to police brutality in Nigeria and draws its name from a controversial police unit in the Nigeria Police Force called the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
A photograph of her wearing a hijab at an End SARS protest became an iconic symbol of the movement. Yesufu has said of the End SARS protests, “I will not be an irresponsible parent and leave this fight for my children. I am ready to sacrifice my life for my children to live. I brought them to this world, and I need to fix the world I put them in.
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