Reports coming in showed that a legal dispute over the estate of former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has brought to light an extensive number of properties owned by the late politician across Nigeria and abroad.
The dispute stems from proceedings at an Oyo State High Court, in a suit marked I/443/2024, where his first daughter, Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto, is contesting the management of the estate, and seeking judicial intervention over alleged irregularities in the administration of her father’s assets .
Defendants in the case are Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, who are identified in court documents as executors and administrators of the estate.
The plaintiff or claimant in the suit 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.
Aderinto contended 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.
The testator, Alao-Akala, who also served as deputy governor of Oyo State, died on January 12, 2022, in Ogbomoso at the age of 71.
Disagreements and crisis have persisted since his death over the administration and sharing of his estate.
Exhibits presented in court revealed a wide array of assets linked to the late politician, including properties in Ogbomosho, Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as a five-star hotel in Ghana.
See the wide list of the disputed properties below:
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
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 of land at Ikoyi, Ogbomoso (including proposed site of Alao-Akala College of Health Sciences and Umera Farms)
Olowolagba Microfinance Bank.
Can you imagine? One single public official (former governor) acquiring all the above listed properties! God!