Afolabi Olabimtan Explained

Afolabi Olabimtan
Office1:Senator for Ogun West
Term Start1:29 May 1999
Term End1:29 May 2003
Successor1:Iyabo Anisulowo
Birth Date:11 June 1932
Birth Place:Ogun State, Nigeria

Afolabi Olabimtan (11 June 1932  - 27 August 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. 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.

References

  1. Web site: Nigerian Congress:Senators of the Fourth Republic (1999-2001) . 2006-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060111014715/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/senate/senatordetails.asp?id=348 . 2006-01-11 . dead .
  2. News: Abiola detention saga: My story —BABATOPE . Adedayo . Aminu . 2003-10-30 . 2006-08-01 .
  3. News: Olabimtan: Obasanjo Condoles Daniel . Josephine . Lohor . 2004-11-15 . 2006-08-01 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154529/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/09/02/20030902pol03.html . 2007-09-30 .