Alao Akala owned 7,000 acres of land in Ibadan choice area – Documents presented in court

Lasun Alagbe

acts have emerged that Ogbomoso-born late Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, owned a piece of land as ample as 7,000 acres of land beside Ibadan Golf Club, a choice area in the Oyo State capital.

The property is among the puzzling array his family have dispute over, as proceedings at an Oyo State High Court reveal.

His first daughter, Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto, is contesting the management of the estate.

Nigerian constitution does not forbid anyone from owning any property in any part of the country and beyond.

Ibadan indigenes are, however, usually alarmed at the rate people from other towns and states amass land at their expense.

Alao-Akala’s case may raise more anxiety since he was a governor, as many Nigerian leaders are known to be corrupt.

Meanwhile, in a suit marked I/443/2024, Aderinto is seeking judicial intervention over what she described as irregularities in the administration of her father’s assets.

‘The Punch’ reports that named as defendants in the case are Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, who are identified in court documents as executors and administrators of the estate.

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

She claimed that some of the assets had already been sold without her knowledge or consent, while efforts were ongoing to dispose of others or enter joint venture agreements involving the properties.

She argued that urgent court intervention was necessary to halt further transactions that could jeopardise her interests, warning that failure to grant an injunction could lead to irreversible losses.

Alao-Akala, who also served as deputy governor of Oyo State, died on January 12, 2022, at the age of 71 in Ogbomoso.

Since his death, disagreements have persisted over the administration and sharing of his estate.

Documents presented in court revealed a wide array of assets linked to the late politician, including properties in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as a five-star hotel in Ghana.

Listed among the disputed properties are:

Residence at No. 1, Oba Akinyele Avenue, off Rotimi Williams Street, Old Bodija Estate, Ibadan

A five-star hotel in Ghana
Bungalow at Randa, Ogbomoso
Property at Opadoyin Lodge, Ogbomoso

Building at 32, Oba Adebimpe Road, Ile Itesiwaju, 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 of land beside Ibadan Golf Club