Adebanjo’s exit, end of an era – Makinde

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has described the death of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of Pan-Yoruba sociocultural organisation, Afenifere, as end of an era.

This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan on Friday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebanjo died on Friday in his Lagos home at the age of 96.

Makinde likened the death of the prominent leader to the fall of a mighty ‘Iroko’ tree in the forest.

He noted that the decease was a great nationalist, federalist, patriot and true democrat, who gave all for Nigeria to be a better country.

He expressed his condolences to the immediate family of the deceased, the Afenifere, the people of Ogun and the entire South-West people.