University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria. The state government honoured him with a statue in 2010 and a park, the Beko Ransome-Kuti Park, was named in his honour. References 1940 births 2006 deaths People from Abeokuta Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Nigeria Deaths from cancer in Nigeria Deaths from lung cancer Nigerian activists Yoruba activists Ransome-Kuti family 20th-century Nigerian medical doctors Yoruba physicians Nigerian prisoners and detainees Alumni of the University of Manchester People educated at Abeokuta Grammar School