Afolabi Olabimtan
| Afolabi Olabimtan | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Ogun West | |
| In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003 |
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| Succeeded by | Iyabo Anisulowo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 11, 1932 Ogun State, Nigeria |
| Died | August 27, 2003 |
Afolabi Olabimtan (June 11, 1932 - August 27, 2003) was a Nigerian politician, writer, and academic.[1] He was born in Ogun State and was later the senator for Ogun West from 1999 to 2003. He died in a motor accident in August 2003.[2]
Olabimtan achieved a PhD at the University of Lagos in African Languages.[1] He became an expert in the Yoruba language, and wrote a number of novels in the tongue, such as Kekere Ekun in 1967 and Ayanmo in 1973.
In 1999, Olabimatan was elected as a senator for the Alliance for Democracy party for Ogun West. He served just one term, standing down in 2003 in order to allow a younger successor to take his place.[3] Later in the same year he was killed in a motor accident.
His death preceded the release of his autobiography, The Graces, the Grass and the Gains. This contained the claim that, in a 1994 meeting, a number of Yoruba leaders had supported the continued imprisonment of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, in return for bribes in the form of money and political positions.[2][4] Those accused of attending the meeting, such as Ebenezer Babatope, have denied knowledge of it.[2]
