A former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Alao-Akala, is dead, IgbereTV reports.
He died at the age of 71.
The news of his death was confirmed to IgbereTV by a source close to the family.
Alao-Akala was a former governor of Oyo State and sought re-election under the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 governorship election in the state.
Alao-Akala was born in Ogbomosho on June 3, 1950. He had his elementary education at Osupa Baptist Day School, Ogbomoso, and proceeded to the Kamina Barracks Middle School, 5th Battalion of Infantry in Tamale, Ghana
