Ann-Kio Briggs
Ann-Kio Briggs, alternatively spelled Annkio Briggs, born 29th of July,1952 in England, She is an English-born Nigerian Environmental and Human rights Activist. She is the founder and director of the non-governmental organization Agape Birthrights. As of 2011, she was spokesperson of the Ijaw Republican Assembly (IRA) as well as the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS). Early life and education. Briggs was born on 29th of July, 1952 in England. She was born to a British mother and an Ijaw marine engineer. When she was quite young, she was taken to live  with her paternal grandmother who raised her alongside her father in Abonnema, Rivers State. While there, she finished her elementary school and enrolled at Holy Rosary Girls School in Port Harcourt for her secondary education. From (1967 to 1970), her academic studies were impeded by the civil war, and after it ended, Briggs moved with her family to England where she studied Marketing.Briggs married during her stay in England. She and her husband had four children together and divorced in 1998. As well as her native Kalabari, Briggs is fluent in Igbo and also speaks Pidgin English. Career. In  1998, after several years in Europe, she returned to the Niger Delta and established Agape Birthrights, a non-governmental and a non-profit organization,having its headquarter in D-line Rivers State. Briggs, through her organization she has helped some developing areas to documents cleaning of oil spillage and fighting against injustices and marginalisation. She also collaborates internationally with other organizations home and abroad.