Tavio Amorin

Tavio Ayao Tobias Amorin (20 November 1958 – 29 July 1992) was a Togolese socialist politician. He led the Pan-African Socialist Party, the ideology of which was influenced by such figures as Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah and Cheikh Anta Diop.

Amorin was born in Lomé. and eventually became President of political and human rights affairs. He was also Permanent Secretary of the Coordination of the democratic opposition in Togo (CODII in French).

Being an outspoken opponent to President Gnassingbe Eyadema's dictatorial regime, Amorin was shot in the streets of Lomé by two unidentified men believed to be security force agents on July 23, 1992. First taken to a hospital in town, he was then evacuated in a critical state to a Paris hospital. He died in Paris a few days later on July 29.

After having been a business consultant in France, Tavio Amorin moved to the Ivory Coast. Through general amnesty in 1991, the leader returned to Togo to take part in democratic renewal. He started by setting up the Pan-African Socialist (PSP) party with Jean - Claude Edoh Ayanou, Wakilou Maurice Gligli, and Francis Agbagli.

Death On Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Tokoin - Gbonvie, a district of Lomé, capital Togo, he was assaulted by Togolese Police and succumbed to his injuries in a Paris hospital on July 29, 1992. He was buried in the cemetery of the beach in Lomé. No action was ever taken against the killers.