Ola Oni (an haife shi a shekarar ta 1933–ya mutu a ranar 22 ga watan Disamba shekara ta 1999) ya kasance masanin tattalin arzikin siyasa ne mai ra'ayin gurguzu kuma mai rajin kare hakkin dan Adam. Mai adawa ne da mulkin soja da kuma bin dimokiradiyya, Ola Oni ya fito ne daga jihar Ekiti da ke kudu maso yammacin Najeriya inda aka haife shi amma yana zaune a Ibadan, babban birnin jihar Oyo, Najeriya . Malamin ne a Jami’ar Ibadan amma an kore shi daga aiki saboda tsattsauran ra’ayin sa. Littafin Ebenezer Babatope, "Studentarfin Studentalibai a Nijeriya" (1956-198), ya faɗi rayuwar Ola Oni. Ya mutu a ranar 22 ga watan Disamban, shekara ta 1999 a Asibitin Kwaleji na Jami’ar, Ibadan . Bayan rasuwarsa, ya kasance ba shi da rai kuma cibiyar bincike ta zamantakewa, Comrade Ola Oni Center For Social Research an sanya masa suna. Ya auri Kehinde Ola Oni, wani ma'aikacin gwamnati mai ritaya wanda yanzu ya makance. Omafume Onoge Ayo Fasanmi   "From Oil Theft to Ola Oni's Valley in Ibadan (2) by Patrick Naagbanton | Sahara Reporters".