Sh*cking Twist: Alao-Akala’s First Daughter Demands DNA Test, Wants Father’s Body Exhumed

The ongoing dispute over the estate of late former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has taken a dramatic twist. His first daughter, Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has petitioned the Oyo State High Court to order a DNA test to verify the paternity of seven individuals who claim to be his biological children.

In a suit filed before Justice Taiwo of Court 12 at the High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan, Alao-Aderinto also requested a court order for the exhumation of her father’s remains from his mausoleum in Ogbomoso for the purpose of conducting the DNA tests.

Those named in the request for testing include Olamijuwonlo (a current member of the House of Representatives), Olamide, Adebukola, Olamipo, Tabitha, Olamikunle, and Alao-Aderinto herself. The case, registered as Suit No. I/443/2024, was filed through her lawyer, Oladipo Olasope (SAN).

Alao-Aderinto is asking the court to ensure that the DNA test be conducted in a certified laboratory approved by the court, and that the results be sealed and delivered directly to the judge for public pronouncement in open court.

This legal move comes in the wake of a prolonged and increasingly public family feud over the vast estate left behind by the former governor, who passed away intestate on January 12, 2022.

Tensions rose in October 2022 when the late governor’s widow, Kemi Alao-Akala, and Olamide Alabi—believed to be one of his daughters—secured Letters of Administration from the Oyo State Probate Registry without notifying or including Oluwatoyin, the eldest daughter.

In a public letter dated August 2023, Olasope had warned that Alao-Aderinto’s exclusion from the estate process was not only morally wrong but legally improper, and that it risked deepening the rift within the family while damaging the legacy of the late politician.

In her affidavit, Oluwatoyin alleged that Kemi and Olamide manipulated facts to seize control of the estate, sidelining other legitimate children and longtime associates of Alao-Akala. She also argued that only seven people were named as heirs—an action she described as hasty and unjustified, given the unresolved questions about the paternity of some individuals on the list.

“The selective inclusion and exclusion of certain persons raises serious concerns about fairness and legitimacy,” her court filing noted.