Tag: Alao-Akala
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COVID-19: Minister, Alao-Akala wish Makinde quick recovery
The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare, a former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-Oyo North) have wished Gov. Seyi Makinde quick recovery as he tested positive to the coronavirus. The trio expressed their sympathy in separate statements issued on Tuesday and made available to the News…
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Ajimobi constitutes Oyo APC reconciliation team, picks Alao-Akala as Chairman
Former Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, the APC Deputy National Chairman (South), has constituted a team to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in Oyo State. This is contained in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday in Ibadan. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the action followed his declaration that peace would soon return to…
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Court orders EFCC official, 6 others to appear in Alao-Akala trial
A High Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered an official of the EFCC, Mr Muhammed Goldy, to appear to testify in the alleged N11.5 billion fraud case filed against former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala and two others. The EFCC charged Alao-Akala, Sen. Hosea Agboola, former Oyo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters…
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Oyo 2019: Alao-Akala emerges ADP guber candidate, picks Prof. Olaiya as running mate
Former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala, the governorship candidate of African Democratic Party (ADP) in Oyo State, has picked Prof. Abideen Olaiya, as his running mate for the 2019 governorship election. This information was contained in a statement signed by Mr Abraham Ojo, Alao-Akala’s Chief Press Secretary and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday. The…
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[Photos] Oyo State govt seals off Alao Akala’s properties for allegedly evading tax
The Oyo State Government on Thursday through officials of the state’s revenue service sealed off some properties belonging to a former governor of the state, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala. The state government sealed the National Horticultural Research Institute, (NIHORT), located at Idi-Ishin area of Ibadan, the state capital for failing to remit its workers Pay As…
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SDP delegates storms Ibadan to woo Alao-Akala
Chief Olu Falae, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party on Monday visited the Ibadan home of a former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, in a bid to woo him to join the SDP. Alao-Akala recently defected to the All Progressives Congress after failing to win the state’s governorship election in 2015 on…
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N11.5bn fraud: Court adjourns ruling on Alao-Akala’s application
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday adjourned ruling on an application for stay of proceedings filed by a former governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, and two others in an N11.5 billion fraud suit. Alao-Akala, Sen. Hosea Agboola, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in the state,…