Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, elder statesman and national leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere, has d!ed at the age of 100.
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa announced his death on Tuesday in a statement he signed personally in Akure.
Aiyedatiwa described Fasoranti as a revered patriarch whose life was marked by wisdom, integrity and selfless service to Ondo State, Yorubaland and Nigeria. He said Fasoranti’s counsel and principled stand on justice and good governance would be sorely missed. The governor also extended condolences to the Fasoranti family, the people of Akure Kingdom and the entire state.
Fasoranti became Afenifere leader in 2008. In March 2021, at 95, he stepped down citing old age and named Chief Ayo Adebanjo acting national leader. In July 2019, his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, was k!lled along the Benin-Ore road.
His death marks the end of an era for the Yoruba socio-political movement. The circumstances of his death and funeral arrangements were not immediately available.
