Ex-governor of Oyo state dies

A former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, has been reported dead in the early hours of Wednesday in Igbomoso.

Sources confirm that he died in his sleep after returning from Abuja late Tuesday night.

Akala, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was a state’s former governor between 2007 and 2011.

He was also a deputy governor under former governor Rashidi Ladoja, between 2003 and 2006 when Chief Ladoja was impeached and consequently became the acting governor for eleven months.

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Ex-governor of Oyo state dies