Lamidi Ona-Olapo Adesina CON ((Listenⓘ); 20 January 1939 – 11 November 2012) was a Nigerian educator and politician who served as the governor of Oyo State from 1999 to 2003, as a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) party.
His writings under the "search continues column" in the Nigerian Tribune were uncomfortable for successive military regimes and he was detained several times.
[6] Lam Adesina was elected to the federal house of representative for Ibadan south 1 constituency in 1979 under the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria established by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
[citation needed] The coalition was formed to bring an end to the military government of Sani Abacha and the regime to honour the electoral mandate given to MKO Abiola who won the presidential elections and was later detained In 1998, Lam Adesina was arrested by the military government of Abacha along with other activists, imprisoned and tagged a "prisoner of war".
[9] Lam Adesina supported Ajimobi and campaigned for his election as the Governor of Oyo state under the Platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria in 2011.