More details have emerged on how top Nigerian politician and former governor of Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria, Adebayo Alao-Akala, was found dead in his bedroom in Ogbomoso, after returning from a trip to Abuja.
Chairman, All Progressives Congress Caretaker Committee in Oyo State, Chief Akin Oke, who confirmed the death of Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former Governor of the state, maintained that the new has devastated him and a lot of other political associates of the ex-governor.
Platforms Africa broke the news on Wednesday morning, adding that a family source declared that the Alao-Akala was confirmed dead in the early hours of the day at the age of 71.
The late Alao-Akala, he said, “was hale and hearty. He was not sick. In fact, he returned to Ogbomoso on Tuesday from Abuja, where he had gone to felicitate a former Majority Leader of House of Representatives, Rep. Mulikat Akande-Adeola, on her birthday.”
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The source added: “He returned from Abuja yesterday (Tuesday) and still held meeting with some people in the evening.
“He was found dead in his room this morning.”
The source said that he died in his Ogbomoso home and his remains had been deposited at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso morgue.
In a telephone interview with NAN, Oke said: “It’s a rude shock because this is a personal loss to me.
“I am down in all ramifications.
“I’m highly devastated and can’t really talk much for now.
“Please, let’s talk later.”
Also confirming his death, a former Military Governor of Oyo State, retired Major General Oladayo Popoola, described the demise of Alao-Akala as shocking.
Popoola, who is also a prominent indigene of Ogbomoso, the birthplace of Alao-Akala in Oyo State, said that news of his demise was communicated to him over the phone.
He said: “Yes, I have received the news.
“It’s shocking, but I won’t say anything until I get full details.”
Alao-Akala, a retired Police Officer, was also a former Chairman of Ogbomoso North Local Government Area.
He was Deputy Governor from 2003 to 2007, and later governor from 2007 to 2011 on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.
