JUST IN: Ex-Oyo Governor Alao-Akala is dead
Christopher Alao Akala, a former governor of Oyo State in southwest Nigeria, has died, family and friends told Peoples Gazette on Wednesday morning.
Mr Alao-Akala, from Ogbomoso, died at 71. Circumstances preceding his death were not immediately clear.
Details shortly.
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