Fresh details have emerged about the vast assets left behind by former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, as a legal battle among his family members intensifies over control of his estate.
The revelations surfaced during proceedings at an Oyo State High Court, where Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto, the late politician’s first daughter, is contesting the management and distribution of the estate.
Court documents show that Alao-Akala’s assets span several locations, including high-value properties in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as a five-star hotel in Ghana.
In the suit marked I/443/2024, Aderinto named Oluwakemi Alao-Akala, widow of the deceased, and Olamide Alabi, another daughter, as defendants, identifying them as executors and administrators of the estate.
She told the court that she holds both legal and equitable interests in her father’s estate as his first daughter, alleging that some assets had already been sold without her knowledge or consent.
Aderinto further claimed that there were ongoing plans to dispose of additional properties or enter joint venture agreements involving the estate, warning that such actions could jeopardise her interests.
The claimant argued that urgent court intervention was necessary to halt further transactions, stressing that failure to do so could result in irreversible losses.
Ruling on the application, the court restrained the defendants from selling, transferring, or entering into any transactions involving the estate pending the determination of the suit.
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An interlocutory injunction was granted to preserve all assets, while the court also ordered an accelerated hearing of the case.
In a dramatic twist, Aderinto is seeking a court order for DNA tests involving herself and six others — Olamide, Adebukola, Olamipo, Olamiju (a serving member of the House of Representatives), Tabitha, and Olamikunle — to establish their biological relationship with the late governor.
She requested that the tests be conducted at a court-approved, accredited laboratory, with results submitted under seal to the presiding judge and only unsealed in open court.
Additionally, the claimant is asking the court to order the exhumation of her father’s remains to facilitate the paternity tests.
The case has been adjourned to April 16, 2026, for ruling on the application.
Alao-Akala died on January 12, 2022, at the age of 71 in Ogbomoso. Since his death, disputes have persisted over the administration and sharing of his estate.
Listed among the assets being disputed 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
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)
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