Former Oyo State, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has been reported dead in the early hours of Wednesday in Igbomoso.
The former governor just returned from Abuja yesterday, reports say.
Alao-Akala, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) let Oyo from 2007 to 2011.
He was also a deputy governor under Rashidi Ladoja between 2003 and 2006. After Ladoja was impeached, Alao-Akala took charge as acting governor for 11 months.
He was 71 years old.