| Ola Oni | |
| Birth Name: | 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Ekiti State, Nigeria |
| Death Date: | December 22, 1999 |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Citizenship: | Nigerian |
| Occupation: | Political economist |
Ola Oni (1933–1999) was a Nigerian marxist political economist, socialist and human right activist.[1] [2] He served as a lecturer at the University of Ibadan. He was the subject of a biographical book by Ebenezer Babatope, titled Student Power in Nigeria (1991).
The anti-military and pro-democracy, Ola Oni hails from Ekiti State southwestern Nigeria where he was born but based in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Nigeria.[3] He was a lecturer at the University of Ibadan but was sacked due to his radicalism.[4] Ebenezer Babatope's book, "Student Power in Nigeria" (1956-198), tells the life of Ola Oni.[5] He died on December 22, 1999, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.[6] After his demise, he was immortalized and a social research center, Comrade Ola Oni Centre For Social Research was named after him.[7]
He was married to Kehinde Ola Oni, a retired civil servant who is now blind.[8]