Minister of information and culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described Akala as a man who lived an impactful seventy one years as police officer and politician.
The minister stated this when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former governor of Oyo state Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala at opadoyin lodge Randa area Ogbomoso.
The Minister said he was in Ogbomoso to condole with the family as a minister of the Federal republic of Nigeria, as a member of the All Progressives Congress APC and as a personal friend and an inlaw to the late Alao Akala whom he said nobody knew would depart so soon.
” We’ll miss him and i believe that God knows the best,the late governor’s life is a lessons to all, yes he spent just 71 years on earth, but those 71 years were very impactful as a policeman as as politician which he started as a local government Chairman and rose to be governor of Oyo state.
He is an advocate of a belief that everything is local because of his passion and political influence in Ogbomoso and Oyo state . He deserves to be celebrated. He was a man that was interested in the country as a whole, he was equally interested in the progress of our party APC
He always make a difference anywhere he was, he was accessible, humble and he always makes you feel at home. May Allah grant him eternal rest ” The minister said.
While praying for the repose of his soul, the kwara state born politician also prayed to God to protect and preserve the bereaved family to be able to continue his legacy and give the children the grace to achieve what their father could not attain while alive.
Welcoming the minister, son of the late governor, Olamijuwonlo Alao Akala restated that the final burial program would commence on monday and the late governor would be buried on Friday in Ogbomoso.
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