Afenifere Diaspora United States of America has joined all Nigerians across the world to mourn the leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba organisation, Pa Ayo Adebanjo,who died at the age of 96......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
Pa Adebanjo passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, February 14, 2025, at his residence in Lekki, Lagos state.
In a press statement signed by both Prof. Sikiru Fadairo, Leader Of Afenifere Diaspora USA and Comrade David Adenekan, Secretary of Afenifere Diaspora USA, the group described the passing of “Pa. Ayo Adebanjo: A Gargantuan loss And A Vacuum Too Big To Be Filled As We Celebrate His Life After Death.”
The group made reference to a quote by English author, George Elliott; “Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.”
To immortalise his outstanding personality and leadership, the group said, “Pa. Ayodele Samuel Adebanjo “die not” as we continue to embrace and practice his legacies of fairness, equity and justice in our national polity, even in the deadly face of intimidation and countless “naked powers” display by the power that be.”
The statement further reads: “Suffice it to say, death has done its worse, Pa. Ayodele Samuel Adebanjo has peacefully joined our ancestors in the world beyond, it is indeed a life well spent but left a gargantuan loss and a vacuum too big to be filled for humanity.
“The entire family of Afenifere Diaspora USA, including our able and indefatigable leader, Prof. Sikiru Fadairo, join the national leadership of Afenifere, the entire Yoruba at home and abroad, and Nigeria to mourn and celebrate a life well spent of Pa. Ayo Samuel Adebanjo.
“We are mourning and celebrating the passing away of another sage in the history of humanity, a man that has sacrificed his personal enjoyment of life with the great burden of selfless service to humanity, it does not matter “whose ox is gored”, he spoke the truth to power.” the group stated.
Speaking on paradox of life, the statement disclosed, “Pa. Ayo Samuel Adebanjo in his entire life stood for justice, equity and fairness. A case in point was his determination to give the south-east geo political zone a fair share of the rotational presidency among the six geo political zones to underscore the need for fairness, justice and equity.”