Ekiti State Governor,Kayode Fayemi, on Sunday set up a 13-man committee to coordinate the burial of the late leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Ayo Fasanmi.
Fasanmi, 94, died last Thursday in Osogbo, Osun State.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, who disclosed this in a statement in Ado Ekiti, said the committee was headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji.
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He added that the committee would work with the family of the late elder statesman and the Osun State government on the burial.
Oyebode said the partnership would ensure a befitting burial for Fasanmi who would be interred in Iye Ekiti, Ilejemeje local government area of Ekiti, on Tuesday.
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