Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Akanji Adedibu (// ⓘ; 24 October 1927 – 11 June 2008) was an aristocratic power broker in Oyo State, Nigeria.
[1] Adedibu was born on 24 October 1927 at Oja-Oba, Ibadan, a member of the Olupoyi chieftaincy ruling house.
[2] Adedibu entered politics in the 1950s,[3] when he became a member of the Ibadan People's Party, and then joined the Action Group under Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
Later he was a member of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) led by Chiefs Adisa Akinloye and Richard Akinjide.
He became an increasing force in politics during the military reign of General Ibrahim Babangida, where he backed the candidature of Major General Shehu Musa Yar'adua in the Social Democratic Party together with other politicians such as Babagana Kingibe, Atiku Abubakar and Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila.