BY PATRICK WEMAMBU Condolences have continued to flow as the Senate President, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator David Mark mourn the death of Elder Statesmen, Chief Edwin Clark and Pa Ayo Adebanjo who passed away recently at the ripe ages of 97 and 96, respectively.
Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a prominent leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, has passed away at the age of 96. The revered statesman and elder statesman died peacefully on the morning of Friday, February 14, 2025, at his residence in Lekki, Lagos State. His family confirmed the news in a statement released to the press, […]
Leader of the pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, on Monday, restated the organisation’s position to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi saying “he is the man we trust to restructure the country back to federalism on the assumption of office in 2023.” He said Afenifere’s decision to […]
The leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has advised Igbo leaders not to antagonise the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB leader allegedly breached the bail conditions granted him by Justice Binta Nyako before whom he was standing trial in 2017. He was, however, […]