BREAKING: Former Oyo governor, Alao Akala is dead

Former Oyo state governor, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala has died at the age of 72.

The cause of his death cannot be ascertained at the time of reporting as information remains sketchy.

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

He was the candidate of the (Action Democratic Party) ADP in 2019 governorship election in Oyo state, where he won the gubernatorial ticket to contest for the office of governor but did not.

After the 23rd February, 2019 presidential and national assemblies elections, Akala defected back to the APC, thereby stepping down in the race to become governor of Oyo state on the platform of ADP.

Born on the 3rd of June 1950 in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Alao-Akala had his elementary school at Osupa Baptist Day School, Ogbomoso.

He is married and has seven children. He speaks English, Yoruba, Hausa and Ghanaian languages (Twi, Fanti and Dagbani) fluently.

Alao-Akala was enlisted as Cadet Inspector of Police in June 1974, at the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja. He was recommended for overseas training at the Hendon Police College, in London.

He has also attended the Administrative Staff College, Topo, Badagry; the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos; Police Staff College, Jos; Command and Staff College, Jaji.

Otunba Alao-Akala has participated as a Nigerian delegate at two INTERPOL conferences in Nice, France and in Málaga, Spain.

Other qualifications he attained include Diploma in Business Administration (1998), Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) Honoris Causa, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso (2006), Doctor of Science (Political Science) Honoris Causa, Lead City University, Ibadan (2008).

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