Tokunbo Afikuyomi

Tokunbo Afikuyomi
Senator for Lagos West
In office 3 June 2003 – 5 June 2081
Preceded by	Wahab Dosunmu
Succeeded by	Ganiyu Solomon
Senator for Lagos Central
In office 3 June 1999 – 3 June 2003
Preceded by	Kofoworola Bucknor (1993)
Succeeded by	Musiliu Obanikoro
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 63–64) Lagos State, Nigeria

Tokunbo Afikuyomi (Yoruba: Tòkunbọ̀ Afikúyọ̀mí, pronounced [tòkũ̄bɔ̀ āfīkújɔ̀mĩ́] <phonos file="Yo-Tokunbo Afikuyomi.ogg"></phonos>; born 1962) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Lagos Central constituency at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office in June 1999. He changed constituency in April 2002 and ran on the AD platform for the Lagos West constituency instead, after senator Wahab Dosunmu defected to the PDP.

Afikuyomi was born in 1962, and obtained a B.Sc degree.

Political career

He was a member of the House of Representatives and Special Assistant to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) National Chairman during the aborted Nigerian Third Republic. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Afikuyomi was appointed to committees on Aviation, Foreign Affairs, Women Affairs, Public Accounts and Federal Character. Afikuyomi was appointed Commissioner for Tourism in Lagos State by Babatunde Fashola during his first term as governor

In 2017, Senator Afikuyomi was the Chairman, State Election Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). On 24 January 2025, President Bola Tinubu appointed him as the board chair of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion.