and the All People's Party against Olusegun Obasanjo, the presidential candidate for the People's Democratic Party. A Yoruba Christian, he swept the southwest, the Yoruba heartland, but proved unable to attract significant support elsewhere. Since then the Oloye Falae has lived in semi-retirement as a large scale farmer in Ago Abo, Akure. He was given the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic in 2008. , Falae is the pro tem Chairman of the Democratic Peoples Alliance, a progressive party allied with the All Progressives Grand Alliance. On the 21st of September, 2015, Chief Olu Falae was kidnapped on his farm on his 77th birthday, with the kidnappers demanding 100 million Naira ($500,000) as a ransom for his release. He was ultimately released on the 24th of September, 2015, after the payment of the ransom and returned to his home in Akure. Chieftaincy titles A direct descendant of Oba Osupa I of Akure (who was his great great grandfather), Chief Falae currently holds the chieftaincy titles of the Baale Oluabo of Ilu Abo and the Gbobaniyi of Akure. In addition to this, he also serves as a ranking prince of the Osupa royal family of Akure. See also List of kidnappings References 1938 births Formerly missing people Yoruba princes Living people Politicians from Ondo State Yoruba politicians Finance ministers of Nigeria Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria) politicians All People's Party (Nigeria) politicians Yale College alumni Igbobi College alumni Yoruba farmers Commanders of the Order of the Niger Nigerian Christians Nigerian farmers University of Ibadan alumni Yoruba bankers Nigerian bankers Kidnapped politicians Kidnapped Nigerian people Missing person cases in Nigeria Candidates in the 1999 Nigerian presidential election Nigerian expatriates in the United States Government College, Ibadan alumni