The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Sunday night, said a frontline leader of the body, Chief Ayo Adebanjo is not dead.
The organisation said rumour of his death is false and should be disregarded.
Afenifere in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, stated that Chief Adebanjo is hale and hearty and ” he is still very much with us.”
“We are hereby categorically stating that Pa Ayo Adebanjo is still very much with us – to the glory of the Almighty God,” the statement reads.
Afenifere added: ” Members of Afenifere are trusting in the Lord that our leaders would still be around with us for long so that they can provide proper direction.
“There was the insinuation that the source of Pa Adebanjo’s purported death rumour might be the passing away of a former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Banjo.”
Afenifere added that, “As can be seen, the two men not only shared first names, Ayo, their second names are also similar. One is Adebanjo while the other is Banjo. Incidentally, both of them are of Ijebu extraction.”
The pan Yoruba socio cultural and socio political organisation stated that it was the former Unibadan VC who joined his ancestors on Friday.
Afenifere then urged members of the public to ignore the news of the purported death of Pa Adebanjo.