Lamidi Adedibu

Biography:

Lamidi Ariyibi Akanbi Adedibu was an aristocratic PDP power broker in Oyo State Nigeria. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo described him as the father of the PDP. Adedibu was born on October 24 1927 at Oja-Oba Ibadan a member of the Olupoyi chieftaincy ruling house. Adedibu entered politics in the 1950s when he became a member of the Ibadan People's Party and then joined the Action Group under Chief Obafemi Awolowo.