Alao Akala: The Death of a Populist “Capo di tutti” Femi Ojo
“ I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty” - Robert Green Ingersoll On the sad day, when our beloved “tiger” went quietus, I was at Ikeja, Lagos, engrossed with work when my wife called me to break the sad news of Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala’s exit. “Femi, Alao Akala is gone, just read the breaking news online” and shortly after that, I received a call from one of my friends in the media, whose aim was to confirm if truly Chief Adebayo Alao Akala had kicked the bucket. Still doubtful about the sad news, hurriedly, I rang one of my friends, Debo Thomas Olushola, an illustrious Ogbomoso son and an entrepreneur, who is currently building the first ever African smart Eco System called “Valor City” in Ogbomoso and a friend to Olamijuwonlo Alao -Akala, the deceased s