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Adebayo Alao-Akala | |
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| Governor of Oyo State | |
| In office 29 May 2007 – 29 May 2011 | |
| Deputy | Taofeek Arapaja |
| Preceded by | Rashidi Ladoja |
| Succeeded by | Abiola Ajimobi |
| In office 12 January 2006 – 7 December 2006 | |
| Deputy | Hazeem Gbolarumi |
| Preceded by | Rashidi Ladoja |
| Succeeded by | Rashidi Ladoja |
| Deputy Governor of Oyo State | |
| In office 7 December 2006 – 29 May 2007 | |
| Governor | Rashidi Ladoja |
| Preceded by | Hazeem Gbolarumi |
| Succeeded by | Taofeek Arapaja |
| In office 29 May 2003 – 12 January 2006 | |
| Governor | Rashidi Ladoja |
| Preceded by | Iyiola Oladokun |
| Succeeded by | Hazeem Gbolarumi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala 3 June 1950 Ogbomoso, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Oyo State, Nigeria) |
| Died | 12 January 2022 (aged 71) Ogbomoso, Nigeria |
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| Spouse | Kemi Alao Akala |
| Children | 7, including Olamijuwonlo |
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Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala // (3 June 1950 – 12 January 2022) was a Nigerian politician and police officer who served as the governor of Oyo State in 2006, and again from 2007 to 2011. He was the candidate of the Action Democratic Party in the 2019 Oyo State gubernatorial election.[1][2]
Alao-Akala previously served as deputy governor of Oyo State from May 2003 to January 2006 succeeding Rashidi Ladoja when he was impeached, but later reverting to the office when Ladoja was reinstated in December 2006. He was elected governor in 2007, and lost reelection in 2011 to Abiola Ajimobi of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
- ^ "Former Oyo governor Alao-Akala is dead". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "BREAKING: Former governor of Oyo, Alao-Akala, dies at 71". Punch Newspapers. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.