The death of the former governor of Oyo state Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala is no doubt shocking and unexpected and the significance of today cannot be overlook
It is exactly 16 years when he was sworn in as the governor of Oyo stTe following the impeachment of his boss Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja
On Jan 12 2005 the Ogbomoso born retired Policeman who was deputy to Senator Rasheed Ladoja was inaugurated as the Governor and he governed for eleven month before court removed him and later elected in 2007.
Otunba Alao Akala’s last moment did not give any sign that death was knocking as he held meeting with people last night in Ogbomoso after he returned from Abuja where he had gone to attend the wedding ceremony of the daughter of the former House of Reps Majority Leader Hon Mulikat Akande Adeola last Saturday.
An Inside source to our reporter that, he woke up this morning and told his aides that they should be prepared by 10 am as they are leaving for Ibadan by 11 to continue preparation for his wife’s 70th birthday.
When they did not see or hear from him, they went into his apartment and found him dead in his bedroom and the way it was positioned suggested that he slumped and died
