Nigerian former senator and leader of the Afenifere political group Pa Ayo Fasanmi is dead.
Pa Fasanmi died on Wednesday night in Osogbo, Osun State, after a brief illness. He was 94.
One of Pa Fasanmi’s children, Afolabi, has confirmed the news of their father’s death.
Afolabi wrote in a statement: “With gratitude to the Almighty God for a life well spent, we wish to announce the demise of our father, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, at the ripe age of 94 years.”
The Afenifere socio-cultural group was founded in 1998 for the interest of Yorubaland in federal politics.
