Bamidele Aturu (16 October 1964 – 9 July 2014)[1][2][3] was a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist.
He proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University in 1989 to study law and graduated with LL.B in 1994.
He obtained a master's degree in law (LL.M) from the prestigious, University of Lagos in 1996.
[7] In 2010, he took the Council for Legal Education to court, demanding for the reduction in the fees that increase the chances of indigent Law students to make it to the Law School.
[14][15] He died in Lagos on 9 July 2014, and was buried in his hometown, Ogbagi Akoko, Ondo state, Nigeria.