How Lateef Adedimeji Stole My Heart - Actress, Mo Bimpe Opens Up

The popular Nollywood actress, Adebimpe Oyebade, is the young and beautiful wife of famous actor, Abdulateef Adetola Adedimeji.

With a rising career that kicked off in 2016 after she began establishing herself as a model, the  native of Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State, Mo Bimpe, as she’s fondly referred to, is the last of her parent’s six children of her parents who grew up in Akure, Ondo state.

Unknown to many, her incursion into the world of films and storytelling is one of the traits she picked up from her father, who is a renowned historian best known for his storytelling.

Despite denying her relationship with Adedimeji for fears of scandals in the industry, this English graduate of the Ekiti State University, the leggy actress cum model walked down the aisle with Adedimeji in a colourful wedding that remains the talk of the town till the end of 2021.

“At first I was like ‘no way’ because I was scared obviously because of the way the industry is. And the way society is‌. I was so scared. I told him no, we can’t do this,” she told The Nation.

On her journey into being Mrs Adedimeji, she said, “Lateef is a very open person. He made it very easy for me because he told me everything, even the things that would really annoy me. He told me everything, this is me, can and will you accept me like this? So if you want to marry me, know that. This is my past. So, he told me everything. There’s nothing I would hear that I would say what am I hearing because I’ve already heard it from him. So he made the journey easy.”

For her primary and secondary school education, Mo Bimpe attended Asset College and Omelete school in Akure, Ondo State before she proceeded to study English at Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti after which she observed her compulsory National Youth Service Corps service in Benin, Edo state.

Unlike her husband, who just made his mark as a producer with the Netflix feature film, ‘Lisabi,’ Mo Bimpe has made her mark as a producer with over 20 films in her kitty. Some of her films include ‘Entrapped,’ ‘Jade’s Cross,’ and ‘Dear Sister.’

As a supportive wife, Mo Bimpe featured and also co-produced the biopic ‘Lisabi,’ alongside her husband.

On taking criticisms and backlash as a producer, she said, “Okay, the only thing I would say is, as a producer, you have to check. I was telling him (Lateef) that the only reason I’m reading all this thing – comments and criticisms – is to take notes for next time. Some will open your eyes to things that you didn’t even know. Some make sense, but some are just talking. So for me, I would say I picked my pen and paper, writing down some sensible ones, so that’s it. You learn better.”

In a brief chat, Lateef Adedimeji confirmed that Mo Bimpe joined in the casting of the film. She revealed why she chose Ibrahim Chatta and Mr Macaroni for their individual roles.

“Like he (Lateef) said, choosing uncle Ibrahim has been since when we came up with the story because personally, I’m a big fan of uncle Ibrahim and I feel like I’ve never worked with him personally.

"I was like, ah finally, there’s a chance to work with uncle Ibrahim closely. And then the character you can tell you’ve seen the movie can tell he killed it. So we knew that oh, it was either uncle Ibrahim or no nobody else. And for Debo (Mr. Macaroni), he is obviously very close with my husband in real life. They are very close.

"He was his best man for our wedding. So they are very close and we knew that for this role, we needed somebody that is very close with him so that people can relate with the character and with the friendship. And that was why we chose Debo.”