Religious Leader
Wande Abimbola was installed as Awise Awo ni Agbaye (Spokesperson of Ifa in the Whole World) in 1981 by the Ooni of Ife on the recommendation of a conclave of West African Babalawos.
Public Service
From 1992-1993, he was Senate Majority Leader of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Wándé Abímbọ́lá served as Special Adviser on Cultural Affairs and Traditional Matters to the President of Nigeria from 2003-2005.