Pa Ayo Fasanmi, the Afenifere Chairman and pharmacist has reportedly passed away late last night according to his son, Afolabi.
Pa Fasanmi, a second republic senator passed away peacefully in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Until his demise, Fasanmi was the leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Egbe Afenifere, and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress.
He joined the Obafemi Awolowo-led Unity Party of Nigeria in 1978 and was a candidate in the Ondo State governorship primary election but lost to Adekunle Ajasin, the former governor of Ondo State.