“He’s not dead!”: Afenifere breaks silence on death reports of Pa Adebanjo

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has declared that Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the body, is alive.

Reports earlier surfaced online that the head of the apex Yoruba group was dead.

Reacting to the report, Sola Ebisieni, the national secretary of the organization, denied the news of the leader’s death.

He clarified that Pa Adebanjo was mistaken for the former VC of the University of Ibadan, Ayo Banjo who passed away on Friday.

He was quoted by the Daily Post, saying: “ That is not correct Pa Ayo Adebanjo our leader is alive, he is hale and hearty he has even directed me this morning to issue a statement to that effect. I was with him last night in a meeting with other Yoruba leaders.

“There is a mistaken identity, there was an announcement on the vice-chancellor from the University of Ibadan, Ayo Banjo who died,” he said.