Gbenro Adesina
The foremost Afenifere leader, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, who died on Wednesday July 29, 2020, was today interred at St. John Anglican Church, Iye-Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The Yoruba leader was buried in the same tomb with his wife, who died in 2014. He was put on top of his wife.
Among the dignitaries at the event were: former Lagos Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu represented by the former Lagos Deputy Governor, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu; Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, Ekiti Deputy Governor, Bisi Egbeyemi and his Osun State counterpart, Benedict Alabi, APC Chairman in Lagos, Tunde Balogun, Senator Olorunnibe Farukanmi, former Ekiti APC chairman, Chief Jide Awe and Hon Ade Ajayi.
According to the Nation, his remains arrived at Itawure-Ekiti, the border town between Ekiti and Osun State from Osogbo at about 10:30am, where he was handed over to Ekiti State Government in compliance with COVID-19 protocols by the Ekiti State burial committee.
The State of Osun was represented at the hand-over ceremony by the Honourable Commissioner of Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode; Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Adebisi Obawale; Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr Siji Olamiju; Special Adviser to the Governor on General Administration, Niyi Idowu.
The Ekiti State Government was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Hon. Moji Yaya-Kolade; Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Fafure Mojisola; Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Chief Samuel Abejide; All Progressive Congress Chairman in Ekiti State, Barr. Paul Omotosho; and Ekiti State APC Welfare Secretary, Otunba Omotayo Kolawole.
His remains arrived Iye-Ekiti at 11: 55am and were thereafter driven to St. John Anglican Church’s cemetery where he was buried.
