Ayo Obe (born 24 May, 1955) is a Nigerian lawyer, columnist, TV and radio presenter and human rights activist.

[3] Obe is known for Nigeria's human rights, legal and social movements, and advocating for democratic reforms.

She was the president of the Civil Liberties Organisation[4] and advocated for the actualisation of Chief MKO Abiola's 1993 presidential election victory.

[6] Her passport was seized in March 1996 while leaving Nigeria to attend a meeting of the UN Human Rights Committee in New York as a result of her activism.

[1] She serves as a managing partner in a Lagos-based law firm named Ogunsola-Shonibare and sits on the board of multiple civil society organisations such as Goree Institute and the International Crisis Group.