A former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, is dead. He was said to have died in the early hours of Wednesday in Ogbomoso.
Akala, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was a former governor of the state, between 2007 and 2011.
A source who confirmed the death said, “It is true that Oga is dead. He died in the early hours of Wednesday in his room in Ogbomoso. He was full of life last night. In fact, I head he was playing with his children before he went to bed. We are in a mourning mood now,” he said.
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He was also a deputy governor under former governor, Rashidi Ladoja between 2003 and 2006. He consequently became the acting governor for eleven months when Chief Ladoja was impeached.
Born on June 3, 1950, at Ogbomoso in the Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Alao-Akala had his elementary school at Osupa Baptist Day School, Ogbomoso before proceeding to Kamina Barracks Middle School, 5th Battalion of Infantry in Tamale, Ghana.
This is the third known death of a prominent Ogbomosho native in a month.
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On January 8, 2022, Prof Taibat Danmole, his daughter who was a lecturer at the Lagos State University (LASU), also died.
The deceased, who was a professor of education was married to another university don, Prof. Hakeem Danmole, who is the Dean College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin.
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