Timothy Paul Birabi

Timothy Naakuu Paul Birabi popularly known as TNP Birabi was a Nigerian nationalist and politician widely considered the father of modern Ogoniland.
Hon. Birabi was elected to the House of Representatives (Nigeria) under the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons. He was part of the delegation that attended the London Constitutional conference in 1953 to negotiate the independence of Nigeria. Birabi died shortly after returning from the London conference. Nigeria's first president Nnamdi Azikiwe paid tribute to him at his funeral ceremony remarking "Nigeria has lost a worthy son and Ogoni nation has lost a sun".
He was the father of third Republic senator and minister Bennett Birabi The popular Birabi street, New GRA, Port Harcourt is named after him