The remains of the foremost Afenifere leader, Senator Ayorinde Fasanmi was on Tuesday laid to rest at St. John Anglican Church in his hometown...
From left-Representative of the Ekiti State Governor, Commissioner for Health Ekiti, Hon. Christiana Kolade Yaya, and Representative of the Governor State of Osun, Mr.
From Itawure, the entourage drove in a convoy with Fasanmi’s body conveyed in a white Jeep motorcade to Saint John’s Anglican Church, Iye Ekiti where church service held. In his sermon, the Bishop of Ekiti Oke, Anglican Communion, Reverend Peter Olubowale, said Fasanmi was not a noise maker and trouble maker during his time, adding that his transition on earth corroborated that “life is not important except it has impacts on others”.The man of God urged the people to continually do good to humanity , the way Fasanmi did to his family, political associates, friends and companions, by making himself available at the most critical and challenging times.
“The suffering in town is much. Use the position you are occupying very well to develop humanity. This is the only way you can gain eternity, the most important reward for all of us, because materialism will lead you to hell fire”, he said. The All Progressives Congress National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said Nigerians should learn from the late politician, who lived a modest and spartan lifestyle.
He added that Fasanmi was one of the great icons who made unparalleled and indelible contributions to lawmaking as a Senator and later member House of Representatives in the Second Republic. Oyetola, represented by his deputy, Mr. Benedict Alabi described the late Yoruba leader as an undiluted progressive whose “life, times and legacy typify the Omoluabi ethos that the State of Osun holds dear.”
Fayemi who was represented by his deputy, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi branded Fasanmi’s contributions to the development of democracy as immeasurable, particularly his role in the formation and operation of the defunct National Democratic Coalition that fought against military imperialism in the country. Fayemi added that Fasanmi belonged in the class of the youths of the 1950s when the nationalist movement was at its feverish peak, and got indoctrinated into nationalism struggle through the forceful writings of Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe and his contemporaries who used the instrumentality of the media to etch an indelible impression on the minds of the young students of that era.
“One legacy for which Baba would be fondly remembered was his credential of incorruptibility. He was a man of tall integrity and honesty. It would be recalled that he was the first to start the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Committee in 1973 under Col. Oluwole Rotimi of the Western Region. Sanwolu described the demise of the foremost Afenifere leader as a great loss to Nigeria, especially happening at a time when the country is desirous of more men of good conscience to offer wise counsel in the nation’s drive towards socio-political and economic development.
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