He is the professor of Generative Syntax and Contact Linguistics at the Department of English, University of Ibadan.
[1][2][3][4] Lamidi attended Methodist High School, Ilesa, Osun State, where he graduated in 1982.
He then enrolled in Osun State College of Arts and Science, Ile-Ife, where he had HSC in Yoruba, Literature and Christian Religious Studies in 1985.
He earned Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees at the Department of English, University of Ibadan in 1991, 1997 and 2003, respectively.
He served as Staff Adviser of Association of Students of English, UI.