Afolabi Olabimtan

Afolabi Olabimtan
Senator for Ogun West
In office
29 May 1999  29 May 2003
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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nigerian Congress:Senators of the Fourth Republic (1999-2001)". Retrieved 2006-08-01.
  2. 1 2 3 Aminu, Adedayo (2003-10-30). "Abiola detention saga: My story —BABATOPE". Retrieved 2006-08-01.
  3. Lohor, Josephine (2004-11-15). "Olabimtan: Obasanjo Condoles Daniel". Thisday. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
  4. Shittu, Sola (2003-10-03). "Secret document exposes Yoruba betrayal of MKO". Retrieved 2006-08-01.
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