Abiola Babatope, ''née'' Odeyale, is a Nigerian politician who represented Mushin Central District II,

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in the House of Representatives during the second republic. Babatope attended St Anne's School Ibadan for her secondary school education and later studied geology at

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. After graduating, she worked at the office of the Secretary to the Lagos State government. After leaving the services of Lagos State, she joined Mobil Producing Nigeria in 1971. In 1977, she was a Councillor in Mushin and in 1979, she was elected a House of Representative member under

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(UPN). She is married to Ebenezer Babatope, also a politician.

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