The Osogbo leader of the Egbe Ilosiwaju Yoruba, Senator Ayo Fasanmi has died after a brief illness in Osogbo at the age of 94, OYOgist.com reports.
Also confirming the death of the politician is his son Mr. Folabi Fasanmi who stated that the burial arrangement will be announced by “his immediate family in conjunction with his political associates and the South West Governors.”
“With great gratitude to the Almighty God for a life well spent, we wish to announce the demise of our father, Senator Ayo Fasanmi at the age of 94 years
“The Second Republic Senator, who until his death, was a leader of the Yoruba Socio Cultural Group, Egbe Afenifere (Ilosiwaju Yoruba) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, passed on peacefully in Osogbo on Wednesday night.
“The burial arrangement will be announced by his immediate family in conjunction with his political associates and the South West Governors.”