Breaking: Ayo Fasanmi, Afenifere Leader is Dead

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Senator Ayo Fasanmi, the Leader of Afenifere, is dead. The nonagenarian died yesterday night after a brief illness in Osogbo.


One of the original leaders of Afenifere and a devoted Awoist, Papa Ayo Fasanmi was 94 in September last year.


A true disciple of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Papa Fasanmi was a Senator on the platform of UPN in the Second Republic. He hailed from Ekiti State.


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