Adebayo Alao-Akala

Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala // (3 June 1950 – 12 January 2022) was a Nigerian politician and police officer. He served as governor of Oyo State in 2006, and again from 2007 to 2011. He was the candidate of the ADP in the 2019 Governorship election in Oyo State.

Adebayo Alao-Akala
Governor of Oyo State
In office
29 May 2007  29 May 2011
Preceded byRashidi Ladoja
Succeeded byAbiola Ajimobi
In office
12 January 2006  12 December 2006
Preceded byRashidi Ladoja
Succeeded byRashidi Ladoja
Deputy Governor of Oyo State
In office
12 December 2006  29 May 2007
GovernorRashidi Ladoja
In office
29 May 2003  12 January 2006
GovernorRashidi Ladoja
Personal details
Born(1950-06-03)3 June 1950
Ogbomoso, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Oyo State, Nigeria)
Died12 January 2022(2022-01-12) (aged 71)
Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Political partyAll Progressive Congress

He 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.

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