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Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, the first daughter of the late former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has filed a suit at the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan to seek an order for a Deoxyribonucleic Acid test on seven persons who claim to be biological children of the deceased.

Alao-Aderinto is also seeking an order of the court to exhume her father’s corpse to carry out the DNA test.

In a suit filed before Justice Taiwo of Court 12 at the state High Court, she is praying the court to direct that the DNA tests be carried out on herself, and her siblings, including a serving member of the House of Representatives, Olamijuwonlo.

Others named for the DNA test are Olamide, Adebukola, Olamipo, Tabitha and Olamikunle, as listed in the motion on notice filed through her counsel, Oladipo Olasope, SAN, and registered I/443/2024.

This development is the new turn of event in the  prolonged family feud over the vast estate of the late politician, who died on January 12, 2022.

The crisis has been brewing silently since his burial became public in October 2022 when the wife of the late former governor, Kemi Alao-Akala and Olamide Alabi, believed to be one of the deceased’s daughters, obtained a Letter of Administration from the Oyo State Probate Registry without the knowledge or consent of Oluwatoyin, the first child.

In August 2023, counsel to the first daughter, Olasope,  had, in letter made public, warned that the exclusion of the claimant who is the first daughter of the late Alao-Akala, violated both moral norms and legal rights.

The counsel added that the dispute if not resolved could further polarise the family and damage the late governor’s political legacy.


However, Alao-Aderinto, in her fresh prayer, asked that the tests be conducted at a court-approved, accredited laboratory to determine their true biological relationship with the late former governor.


Alao-Aderinto further pleaded that the results of the tests should be filed under a sealed envelope and delivered directly to the presiding Judge for pronouncement in open court.

She had accused the duo of manipulating facts to claim sole control over the estate in her affidavit and accompanying exhibit, despite the presence of other biological children and heirs.

Late Alao-Akala’s massive  is said to spread across Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja, United Kingdom and the United States of America, including a five-star hotel in Ghana, with vehicles and multiple bank accounts containing hundreds of millions in naira, dollars and pounds sterling.