Former Oyo State Governor, Otunba Alao-Akala dies at 71

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

byTayo Aderinola

12/01/2022

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Former Oyo State Governor, Otunba Alao-Akala dies at 71

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

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

Alao-Akala, who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on June 3, 1950, died at the age of 71.

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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Captain Of Boat Which Capsised Killing 13 To Know Fate On Monday

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed March 29 to deliver its ruling in a ‘no-case submission’ filed by a boat driver, Elebiju Happiness, who is alleged to have caused the death of 13 of his passengers, including two children, in a boat mishap.

byLateef Idris

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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, accused the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami of trying to destroy the criminal justice system and judiciary in Nigeria.IPOB made the remark while stressing that “filing dead charges” against Kanu was an affront against the court judgment ordering Kanu’s release.

byLateef Idris

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