Minister of information and culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Saturday morning visited the family of the late former governor of Oyo state Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala at opadoyin lodge randa area Ogbomoso
Lai muhammed who was accompanied by Hon Segun Dokun Odebunmi, chairman House committee on information, National Orientation Ethics and Value , Mr Williams Adeleye, Special adviser on information and others to the resident of late Alao Akla was recieved by the eledest Son of the late political titan , Hon Olamiju Alao Akala and Hon Wumi Oladejo, lawmaker representing Ogbomoso North State constituency.
The Minister in his short speech said he was in Ogbomoso to condole with the family as a minister of the Federal republic of Nigeria, as a member of the All Progressives Congress APC and as a personal friend and an inlaw to the late Alao Akala whom he said ” nobody knew he would deparrt so soon”
” We’ll miss him and i belief that God knows the best,the late governor’s life is a lessons to all, yes he spent just 71 years on earth, but those 71 years were very impactful as a policeman as as politician which he started as a local government chairmen and rose to be governor of oyo state
“He is an advocate of a belief that everything is local because of his passion and political influence in Ogbomoso and Oyo state . He deserve to be celebrated he was a man that was interested in the country as a whole, he was equally interested in the progress of our party APC
He always make a differnce anywhere he was, he was accessible, humble and he always makes you feel at home, may Allah grant him eternal rest
While he prays for repose of his soul, the kware born politician also pray to God to protect, preserve his family to be able to continue his legacy and give the children the strenght and grace to achieve what he cannot attain while alive
While thanking the minister for visiting their family, Hon Olamijuwonlo Alao Akala told him that the final burial program will commemces on monday and the late governor would be buried on Friday in Ogbomoso.
