10 Things You Didn’t Know About Late Christopher Alao-Akala

• Christopher Alao-Akala died in his Ogbomoso home and his remains had been deposited at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso morgue

EKO HOT BLOG presents to you 10 things you didn’t know about former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Alao-Akala, who died on Wednesday at 71.

1) He was born in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria.

2) Alao-Akala was enlisted as Cadet Inspector of Police in June 1974, at the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja. He was recommended for overseas training at the Hendon Police College, in London, United Kingdom. He has also attended the Administrative Staff College, Topo, Badagry; the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos; Police Staff College, Jos; Command and Staff College, Jaji.

3) Otunba Alao-Akala participated as a Nigerian delegate at two INTERPOL conferences in Nice, France and in Málaga, Spain.

4) He retired from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Logistics and Supply, Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele, Ibadan.

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5) He was the founder and chairman of TDB Global Ventures and Parrot FM radio station, both in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.

6) Otunba (Dr) Adebayo Alao-Akala started his political career as a member of New Dimension. He participated in the zero-party local government election of 1996 and later co-founded the UNP before its fusion with UNC to form UNCP. He participated in the Ogbomoso Federal Constituency (One) primary election of the UNCP in 1997. He contested and won the chairmanship seat of the Ogbomoso North Local Government along with seven councillors under the platform of APP in 1998.

7) Alao-Akala served as the Deputy Governor of Oyo State from May 2003 to January 2006. Following the impeachment of then-incumbent Governor (Rashidi Ladoja), Alao-Akala was sworn into office in January 2006 and served for 11 months.

8) He was a polyglot who spoke English, Yoruba, Hausa and Ghanaian languages (Twi, Fanti and Dagbani) fluently.

9) He has a son, Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala, who is also a well-known politician.

10) Christopher Alao-Akala, until his death, was the Chairman of, All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Advisory Council in Oyo State.

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