{"id":55250,"date":"2022-01-12T12:59:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T11:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=55250"},"modified":"2022-01-12T12:59:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T11:59:14","slug":"just-in-former-governor-of-oyo-alao-akala-dies-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/just-in-former-governor-of-oyo-alao-akala-dies-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Just In: Former Governor Of Oyo, Alao-Akala, Dies At 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Alao-Akala, is dead.<\/p>\n

Alao-Akala, who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on June 3, 1950, died at the age of 71.<\/p>\n

According to Punch details of his death remained sketchy as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n

But the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Dr Olatunde Abdluazeez, told our correspondent that \u201cthe news of his death is out.\u201d<\/p>

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He said, \u201cThe news of his death is out. He did his best for the state. May his soul rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nAlao-Akala was a former police officer and a former Deputy Governor to Chief Rashidi Ladoja. He became governor when Ladoja was impeached. He was a candidate of the ADP in the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State before defecting to the APC.<\/p>\n

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