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Obafemi AwolowoNigerian politician (19091987)ChiefObafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo ( 6 May 1909 9 May 1987) was a Nigerian nationalist and politician who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement (19571960). 91;193;91;293;91;393; Awolowo founded the Yoruba nationalist group Egbe Omo Oduduwa,91;493; and was the first Leader of Government Business and Minister of Local Government and Finance, and first Premier of the Western Region under Nigeria's parliamentary system, from 1952 to 1959.