Chief Ayobami Oyalowo, an Abuja-based stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described late Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former governor of Oyo State as a role model for outstanding leadership.
He said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, while commiserating with the government of Oyo State, family, people of Ogbomoso, and APC over the death of the former governor.
Oyalowo who expressed grief over Alao-Akala’s death, said he was the leading light of Ogbomoso, who advanced the growth and development of Ogbomosoland.
“Losing a focused leader and a political inspiration of Akala’s pedigree is no doubt a significant loss.
“His passing is especially painful considering that we still require his deep foresight and wisdom in the political space of Oyo State and Nigeria.
“But we have to accept the sad occurrence as the will of God,’’Oyalowo said.
He prayed God to repose the soul of Akala and comfort his family, loved ones and all sons and daughters of Ogbomosoland.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akala, a chieftain of the APC and governor of Oyo State between 2007 and 2011, died in his Ogbomosho residence on Wednesday at the age of 71.
Born on June 3, 1950, at Ogbomoso in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Akala had his elementary school at Osupa Baptist Day School, Ogbomoso.
He later proceeded to Kamina Barracks Middle School, 5th Battalion of Infantry in Tamale, Ghana. (NAN)
