Former Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has passed away.
It was gathered that the chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died on Wednesday at the age of 71.
The cause of his death is still unknown because information regarding that is still very sketchy at the time of filing this report.
He served as the Deputy Governor of Oyo State from May 2003 to January 2006.
As a result of the impeachment of Rashidi Ladoja, the then-incumbent Governor, 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.
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.