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Tinubu, in an emotional tribute, likened Fasanmi to the recently buried American civil rights leader and Congressman, John Lewis, saying the departed Yoruba leader “remained faithful to the truth for which he suffered greatly.”“A brave man, he never flinched at the prospect of speaking truth to power. I had a close relationship with Papa Fasanmi, dating back many years.
Fasanmi’s family had earlier announced that the nonagenarian. who died on July 29, would be buried in Iye Ekiti on Tuesday after a service at Saint John’s Anglican Church. He said, “His death is very devastating and a personal loss to me. He was one of the Yoruba elders and leaders of our party I consulted and who encouraged me to contest the 2007 governorship election.”
The minister, who said he received the news of Fasanmi’s death with shock but submission to the will of God, described the late Afenifere leader as “the ideal Nigerian and quintessential Yoruba Omoluabi.”
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