Afolabi Olabimtan

{{short description|Nigerian politician}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Afolabi Olabimtan

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| office1 = Senator for Ogun West

| term_start1 = 29 May 1999

| term_end1 = 29 May 2003

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 = Iyabo Anisulowo

| birth_date = 11 June 1932

| birth_place = Ogun State, Nigeria

| death_date = {{death-date and age|27 August 2003|11 June 1932}}

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Afolabi Olabimtan (11 June 1932 – 27 August 2003) was a Nigerian politician, writer, and academic.{{cite web | url = http://www.nigeriacongress.org/SENATE/senatordetails.asp?id=348 | title = Nigerian Congress:Senators of the Fourth Republic (1999-2001) | access-date = 2006-08-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060111014715/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/senate/senatordetails.asp?id=348 | archive-date = 2006-01-11 | url-status = usurped }} 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.{{cite news | title = Abiola detention saga: My story —BABATOPE | first = Adedayo | last = Aminu | date = 2003-10-30 | url = http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/oct/30/0011.html | access-date = 2006-08-01 }}

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.{{cite news|title=Olabimtan: Obasanjo Condoles Daniel |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/09/02/20030902pol03.html |first=Josephine |last=Lohor |date=2004-11-15 |access-date=2006-08-01 |publisher=Thisday |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154529/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2003/09/02/20030902pol03.html |archive-date=2007-09-30 }} Later in the same year he was killed in a motor accident.