Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, is alive.
National secretary of the organization, Sola Ebisieni, in a telephone interview, debunked the news of the leader’s death, according to Daily Post.
Ebisieni confirmed that the leader is hale and hearty, adding that they were together last night.
“ 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.
He explained that Pa Adebanjo was mistaken for the former VC of the University of Ibadan, Ayo Banjo who died on Friday.
“There is a mistaken identity, there was an announcement on the vice-chancellor from the University of Ibadan, Ayo Banjo who died,” he said.
In the early hours of Sunday, there was news circulating that the leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, was dead.
