Late Gov Alao-Akala’s Daughter Seeks DNA Check For Siblings Over Father’s Property

The disaster rocking the household of the late former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has taken a brand new dimension, as his first daughter, Mrs Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has hunted for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) take a look at on seven people claiming to be organic kids of Alao-Akala.

Mrs Alao-Aderinto has additionally filed an software on the Oyo State Excessive Courtroom for the exhumation of the late former governor’s physique with the intention to perform the DNA take a look at.

In a go well with filed earlier than Justice Taiwo of Courtroom 12 on the State Excessive Courtroom, Ibadan, with Movement #1/443/2024, Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, by way of her counsel, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oladipo Olasope, prayed the courtroom to direct that DNA take a look at be carried out on herself, and 6 others, specifically Olamide, Adebukola, Olamipo, Olamiju, a serving member of the Home of Representatives, Tabitha, and Olamikunle.

The names have been listed within the Movement on Discover filed earlier than the courtroom and that the take a look at be performed at a court-approved, accredited laboratory to find out their true organic relationship with the late Alao-Akala.

As a part of the applying, Oluwatoyin was additionally in search of an order of courtroom, directing the exhumation of Otunba Alao-Akala’s stays from the mausoleum inbuilt his Ogbomoso nation dwelling for the aim of finishing up the paternity take a look at.

The outcomes of the checks, she pleaded, ought to be filed beneath a sealed envelope and delivered on to the presiding decide for pronouncement in open courtroom.

The contemporary software introduced earlier than the courtroom has added a brand new twist in what has grow to be a messy and extended household feud over the huge property of the late Ogbomoso-born politician, who died on January 12, 2022.

The disaster, which had been brewing silently since his burial, turned public in October 2022 when one Kemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, believed to be among the many deceased’s daughters, obtained a Letter of Administration from the Oyo State Probate Registry with out the data or consent of Oluwatoyin, the primary baby.

This singular act, she contended, was a deliberate and illegal exclusion that contravenes relevant legal guidelines guiding intestate succession in Nigeria.

In her affidavit and accompanying exhibit filed in help of her movement, she accused the duo of manipulating info to assert sole management over Alao-Akala property, regardless of the presence of different organic kids and heirs.

The property in query is alleged to be large properties unfold throughout Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja, United Kingdom and the US of America, together with a five-star resort in Ghana, autos and a number of {bank} accounts containing lots of of hundreds of thousands in naira, {dollars} and kilos sterling.

Oluwatoyin’s place on her deceased father’s property stemmed from her robust resolve at guaranteeing that each particular person, together with nuclear and prolonged members of the family, aides of the previous governor, who served him meritoriously with out blemish and yet-to-be recognized kids, amongst many others, have been catered for, as towards the winner-takes-it-all method adopted by the duo of the defendants.

The stated directors listed solely seven people as authorized heirs, however Oluwatoyin’s place, as articulated by her counsel, was that there isn’t any consensus on the paternity of those individuals and that the inclusion of some and exclusion of others within the administration of the deceased’s property raised troubling questions of authenticity and fairness. It’s on this foundation she sought judicial intervention by way of scientific means.

Will probably be recalled that in an August 2023 letter, which was made public, counsel to Oluwatoyin, Oladipo Olasope, SAN, warned that the exclusion of the claimant, who’s the primary daughter of the late Alao-Akala, violated each ethical norms and authorized rights, stressing that until resolved, the dispute may additional polarise the household and injury the late former governor Alao-Akala’s political legacy.