The children and wife of the late former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao Akala, are now at daggers drawn over the properties left behind by their father.
The current feud is as a result of a dispute over Alao Akala’s estate. So bad is the situation that it has escalated into a full-blown legal battle, prompting a court to halt all transactions involving his properties.
One of Alao Akala’s children, Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto has filed a suit challenging how the estate is being managed following her father’s demise at the Oyo State High Court. She is also seeking for DNA tests involving herself and six other individuals, including a federal lawmaker, to establish biological ties to the deceased.
The court granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the wife of the deceased, Mrs Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and other family members who are parties in the ongoing dispute over the estate of the late former governor from selling, disposing of or entering into any form of transaction on the contested properties pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The order followed an application filed by the first daughter of the late governor, Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto, who approached the court as claimant/applicant in Suit No. I/443/2024, seeking judicial intervention over the administration of the estate of the deceased politician.
Joined as defendants/respondents in the suit are Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, listed in the court processes as executors and administrators of the estate of the late former governor.
Ruling on the motion on notice for an interlocutory injunction, the court granted the relief sought by the claimant, thereby restraining the defendants, their agents, servants, assigns, privies or any person acting through them from selling or continuing to sell, disposing of, or entering into joint venture agreements in respect of properties belonging to the deceased pending the determination of the substantive suit before the court.
In the case, she accused the appointed administrators — Oluwakemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi — of sidelining her in key decisions and proceeding with asset-related transactions without her approval.
Details presented before the court indicate that the former governor’s estate includes a wide range of high-value properties across major cities such as Lagos, Abuja, and Ibadan, alongside assets in the United Kingdom and the United States. A hospitality investment in Ghana also forms part of the estate.
Aderinto claimed that some of the assets had already been sold, while others were being considered for sale or business partnerships, raising concerns about transparency and fairness in the estate’s administration.
She urged the court to intervene swiftly to protect her interests, warning that continued dealings could permanently affect her entitlement.
Ruling on the matter, the court ordered a temporary freeze on all transactions linked to the estate, barring the administrators from selling, transferring, or entering agreements involving any of the properties until the dispute is resolved. The court also directed that the case be fast-tracked.
She further requested that the court approve the exhumation of Adebayo Alao-Akala’s remains to facilitate the tests, with results to be handled confidentially and disclosed only during court proceedings.
The court is expected to rule on the request at the next hearing scheduled for April 16, 2026.
Since the former governor’s death in January 2022, disagreements over the control and sharing of his estate have continued to generate controversy within the family.
Below are some of the assets:
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
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