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| Chief Lamidi Adedibu..Ibadan politics strong man |
Chief Lamidi Adedibu was a political giant in Ibadan whose word was Law! So if he had been alive to see his son jailed for robbery,he won't have been too pleased.Adedibu's son Teslim Adedibu had gone to a Barclays bank in London and kicked down a security screen at the bank to steal almost £1,000 in cash,but he was caught after packets of red dye exploded as he made his getaway.
Chief Lamidi Adedibu's son,Teslim Adedibu, 34, fled from the bank in Piccadilly shouting “robbery, robbery, ha ha ha, I’ve got all the money” moments before he was engulfed in red smoke as he ran down Shaftesbury
Avenue with a rucksack stuffed with banknotes.
Earlier on May 12, jobless Adedibu had been told he was not allowed to withdraw any money because he was thousands of pounds in debt.
He returned five minutes later demanding £10,000 before smashing through the security screen and grabbed £910 from the Regent Street branch.
But the hapless thief had inadvertently put dye packets into his bag which exploded as he tried to make his escape.
Detectives were able to trace him the following day from details he had entered into a card reader during the original failed transaction.
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| The Regent street branch Adedibu robbed. |
Jailing Adedibu for 18 months, Recorder David Spens QC said: “You walked up to the till and said ‘I need £10,000 now’ and slammed your rucksack down on the counter.
“You continued to bang your hand on the counter and demand the money. When the cashier said she would call the police, you said ‘Get the police, they are just jokers.’
“Then you told her ‘Come on, hurry up and give me the money or I will get it myself’.”
Adedibu then “kicked down” the screen while “laughing” and rammed the notes into his bag.
“You then ran out of the bank shouting ‘robbery robbery, ha ha ha I’ve got all the money’ and disappeared down Shaftesbury Avenue with red smoke billowing behind you,” the judge said.
Adedibu’s barrister, Simon Gruchy, told the judge the raid was “unplanned, impulsive and completely unsophisticated” and his client had been “desperate” because he was £9,000 in debt and thought his benefits had stopped.
As he was led away Adedibu of Edmonton, east London, said: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”