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The President and Founder of Vision Africa International, Bishop Dr Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha, has described the late Pa Ayo Adebanjo as a vocal voice who spoke expressly without fear while he was alive.
He also highlighted the legacies left behind by the late patriarch, including speaking for the voiceless, calling for fairness in the administration of Nigeria, and condemning corruption in its entirety, among others.
The death of the prominent leader of Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, was announced on Friday.
A statement by his family said he passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, 14 February 2025, at his residence in Lekki, Lagos State, at the age of 96.
Reacting to the death of Pa Ayo Adebanjo in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Sunday, titled “The Voice of Conscience Has Gone: Pa Ayo Adebanjo”, the Methodist bishop noted that the departed never stopped calling for a better Nigeria that would develop her full potential.
The Global Peace Award winner (2013) also pointed out that Pa Adebanjo would be remembered for his courage in telling the truth to leaders in the country, stressing that he campaigned constantly for a peaceful and united Nigeria where everyone, irrespective of zone, would be treated equally.
He noted that though the patriarch lived up to 96, he would have wished that he stayed a little longer to see the Nigeria of his dreams, where equity and fairness would guide the operations of those in power, insisting that much should be drawn from the life he lived.
The 2023 governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) commiserated with the bereaved family, Afenifere, the Yoruba nation, and others affected by the death of the patriarch, saying Nigeria had lost an advocate of peace, unity, transparency, and inclusiveness, among other virtues.
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