Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala, former governor of Oyo State is dead.
He was 71.
He reportedly died on Wednesday.
There were no reports of ill-health before now.
Though details of his death still remain sketchy as at the time of going to press, a report in The Nation said Alao-Akala left Abuja on Tuesday morning for Ilorin before proceeding to Ogbomosho where he reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Alao-Akala was born on June 3, 1950, at Ogbomoso in the Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
He had his elementary school at Osupa Baptist Day School, Ogbomoso before proceeding to Kamina Barracks Middle School, 5th Battalion of Infantry in Tamale, Ghana.
Alao-Akala was a former police officer and a former Deputy Governor to Chief Rashidi Ladoja. He became governor when Ladoja was impeached. He was a candidate of the ADP in the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State before defecting to the APC.
Details shortly…