Late Oyo gov Alao-Akala properties cause cracks in family 

A legal battle has revealed a sprawling portfolio of properties owned by late governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala in Nigeria and overseas

The dispute is unfolding at an Oyo State High Court, where his first daughter, Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto, has challenged the management of her father’s estate.

In suit I/443/2024, Aderinto is seeking court intervention over what she describes as irregularities in the handling of her father’s assets.

Named as defendants are Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, both listed as executors and administrators.

Aderinto told the court that, as the first daughter, she holds both legal and equitable interests in the estate.

She alleged that several assets had already been sold without her consent, while others were at risk of being sold or tied into joint ventures.

She urged the court to issue an injunction to prevent further transactions that could compromise her rights.

Alao-Akala, who also served as deputy governor of Oyo State, passed away on January 12, 2022, in Ogbomoso at the age of 71. Since his death, disputes over the administration and distribution of his estate have persisted.

Court documents have detailed a vast array of assets, including properties in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, the UK, the US, and a five-star hotel in Ghana.

Key properties listed in the dispute include:

• Residence at No. 1, Oba Akinyele Avenue, Old Bodija Estate, Ibadan
• Five-star hotel in Ghana
• Bungalow at Randa, Ogbomoso
• Property at Opadoyin Lodge, Ogbomoso
• Building at 32, Oba Adebimpe Road, Dugbe, Ibadan
• Property at No. 8, Samora Machel Street, Asokoro, Abuja
• Property in Games Village, Abuja
• Twin duplex in Ikeja, Lagos
• No. 4, George Street, Ikoyi, Lagos
• Duplex beside Iponri Barracks, Surulere, Lagos
• Plot at Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos
• Guest house in Agodi GRA, Ibadan
• Plots 1–4, Aerodrome GRA, Samonda, Ibadan
• 7,000 acres beside Ibadan Golf Club
• No. 29, Osuntokun Avenue, Bodija Estate, Ibadan
• Five-bedroom bungalow at Cele Bus Stop, Ologuneru, Ibadan
• Property at Old UAC Building, Dugbe, Ibadan
• Guest house at YOACO, Ogbomoso
• Destiny House, Oremeji, Mokola, Ibadan
• Destiny House, Ogbomoso
• Deborah House, Sabo, Ogbomoso
• Storey building at Starlight, Ogbomoso
• Eternal Mega Filling Station, Ogbomoso
• TDB Filling Station, Ogbomoso
• Building beside Eternal Filling Station, Ogbomoso
• NIPCO Filling Station beside A.K. Bello, Ogbomoso
• TDB Gas Plant, Aroje, Ogbomoso
• Land opposite LAUTECH, Ogbomoso
• Parrot FM, Oke Bebi, Ogbomoso
• Warehouse and farm in Ogbomoso
• Land in GRA, Ogbomoso (held in care of Demola Alao)
• 140-23 160th Street, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA
• 19 San Juan Drive, Chafford Hundred, Grays, Essex, England
• 1,000 acres at Ikoyi, Ogbomoso (including proposed site for Alao-Akala College of Health Sciences and Umera Farms)
• Olowolagba Microfinance Bank.