A former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala has passed away at the age of 71 years.
It was gathered that the Oyo-born politician passed away in the early hours of Wednesday. Though the details of the death remains sketchy as of press time, sources close to family said the former governor died at his Ogbomosho home.
Born on June 3, 1950, in Ogbomoso, 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.
He served as the Deputy Governor of Oyo State from May 2003 to January 2006. Following the impeachment of then-incumbent Governor (Rashidi Ladoja), Alao-Akala was sworn into office in January 2006 and served for 11 months.
In December 2006, the impeachment was overturned by the Supreme Court, and Rashidi Ladoja was reinstated.
Alao-Akala contested and won the gubernatorial election in 2007 as the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and became the executive governor of Oyo state, serving a full term till May 2011.
