{"id":119684,"date":"2024-05-26T11:08:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T10:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/our-leader-pa-ayo-adebanjo-not-dead-afenifere"},"modified":"2024-05-26T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T12:29:56","slug":"our-leader-pa-ayo-adebanjo-not-dead-afenifere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/our-leader-pa-ayo-adebanjo-not-dead-afenifere","title":{"rendered":"Our leader Pa Ayo Adebanjo not dead -Afenifere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, is alive.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Sunday, there was news circulating that the leader was dead.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sola Ebisieni, the national secretary of the organization in a telephone interview debunked the news of the leader\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Ebisieni confirmed that the leader is hale and hearty, adding that they were together last night.<\/p>\n<p>His words \u201c 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.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Pa Adebanjo was mistaken for the former VC of the University of Ibadan, Ayo Banjo who died on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a mistaken identity, there was an announcement on the vice-chancellor from the University of Ibadan, Ayo Banjo who died,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, is alive. In the early hours of Sunday, there was news circulating that the leader was dead. However, Sola Ebisieni, the national secretary of the organization in a telephone interview debunked the news of the leader\u2019s death. 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