Tribute: “Uncle Bayo Was Such A Wonderful Jolly Fellow” – Barr Akintola Mourns Late Gov Alao-Akala

Tribute: “Uncle Bayo Was Such A Wonderful Jolly Fellow” – Barr Akintola Mourns Late Gov Alao-Akala.

Legal Luminary, Barrister Adeniyi Akintola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and governorship aspirant during 2019 gubernatorial election, in Oyo-State, has described late former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, as a such wonderful jolly fellow.

The All Progressives Congress, APC Chieftain, Akintola who was corroborating the tribute of former Head of Service, Adesoji Eniade stated that the Ogbomoso-born politician was a benefactor to many people.

Thanks my dear brother Chief Eniade. Uncle Bayo was such a wonderful jolly fellow who had been known to me since the mid 80s when he was the OC in charge of the Area Command of the NPF. We were together with Egbon Brigadier Brimo three Saturdays ago at the wedding of Alhaji Kayode Adanla’s daughter on Ring Road and he was his ebullient self. Jovial in his best elements. By my own reckoning, he stood amongst the pack of past and present Governors of my state as the best Governor with human relations. Though I had my differences with him which dated back to the impeachment of our revered father, Governor Rasheed Ladoja which I questioned through the courts and got reversed, he never directly attacked or intimidated me in anyway unlike some of his supporters that unleashed so much violence and harassment including assassination attempts on me that led to my exile in Lagos for 14 months at the expense of Asiwaju Tinubu with the support of the then Governor Babatunde Fashola and Chief Ladoja himself. God bless them all. They bore the expenses of my 14 months exile in Lagos and resettled me professionally during the 14 months of locusts.