Alao-Akala was governor of Oyo State from 12 January to 7 December 2006 and from 29 May 2007 to 29 May 2011.
Nigerian politician, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, who served as the governor of Oyo State from 12 January to 7 December 2006 and from 29 May 2007 to 29 May 2011, died this morning in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. He was 71.
In 2006, following the impeachment of the then-incumbent governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, Alao-Akala was sworn in as governor and served for 11 months (12 January to 7 December 2006).
According to a 2007 report by Human Rights Watch, Alao-Akala came into office already facing allegations of corruption. Adeolu Adeleke, the speaker of the State House of Assembly under Ladoja, told Human Rights Watch that during...
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