Adebayo Adefarati ((Listenⓘ); 14 February 1931[1] – 29 March 2007) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 1999 to 2003.
[2] Adefarati was appointed commissioner twice under the Afenifere leader Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin.
[3] Adefarati was also a prominent member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a leading organization in the fight against the military during the rule of Sani Abacha.
This state of affairs worked against him when he bid for a second term as governor and enhanced the likelihood of victory for Olusegun Agagu at the polls in April, 2003.
As an Oloye of the Yoruba people, he held the traditional titles of the Otunba Elekole of Ikole and the Bobajiro of Osu-Ilesa.