Children of late Alao-Akala battle over father’s 35 properties in Nigeria, UK, US [FULL LIST]

A dispute over the estate of Adebayo Alao-Akala has brought to light an extensive portfolio of properties linked to the late politician. 

The revelation follows proceedings at an Oyo State High Court, where Oluwatoyin Alao Aderinto, his first daughter, is challenging how the estate is being managed.

In a suit marked I/443/2024, Aderinto is seeking the court’s intervention, naming Oluwakemi Alao-Akala, the deceased’s wife, and Olamide Alabi, his daughter, as defendants and executors of the estate.

She told the court that she has both legal and equitable interests in the estate, alleging that some assets have already been sold without her consent, while others are being considered for sale or joint venture arrangements.

The court granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the defendants from carrying out further transactions pending the determination of the case and ordered an accelerated hearing.

Aderinto is also requesting DNA tests involving herself and six others—Olamide, Adebukola, Olamipo, Olamiju, Tabitha, and Olamikunle—to establish biological relationships with the deceased.

She further asked for the exhumation of her father’s remains to facilitate the tests.

The matter has been adjourned to April 16, 2026, for ruling on the application.

Alao-Akala, who died on January 12, 2022, at the age of 71 in Ogbomoso, has since been at the centre of a prolonged dispute over the distribution of his estate.

Properties Listed in Dispute

The assets linked to the late politician span Nigeria and abroad, including:

Residence at No. 1, Oba Akinyele Avenue, Old Bodija Estate, Ibadan

Five-star hotel in Ghana

Bungalow at Randa, Ogbomoso

Property at Opadoyin Lodge, Ogbomoso

Building at 32, Oba Adebimpe Road, 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

The case continues to draw attention due to the scale of the estate and the legal questions surrounding its administration.