Tag: Fasoranti
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Buhari calls Pa Fasoranti over daughter's death
President Muhammadu Buhari has made a phone call to Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, whose daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunri, was killed by an armed gang on Kajola-Ore road, Ondo State Friday. The President condoled with the grieving nonagenarian, wishing him the comfort of God, and fortitude to bear the great loss. He also assured that…
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Fasoranti's daughter: You all have failed us, Adebanjo slams South West Governors
Elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Saturday, blamed Southwest governors for the security challenge in the zone and said they have failed in defending the people. “You governors, you are supposed to defend us but for one reason or the other, you fail in that task. Our people were being kidnapped, our people are being…
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Fasoranti's daughter's killing baseless, mindless, unacceptable – Yoruba Unity Forum
The Yoruba Unity Forum (YUF) Saturday expressed shock about the killing of Pa Fasoranti’s daughter Mrs Funke Olakunrin. It described the killing by suspected herdsmen as mindless and unacceptable. The forum, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Ogundipe, blamed the Federal Government for the death, saying it was due to the alleged…
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Fasoranti's daughter: IGP orders overhaul of security structure in SW, SE, SS; insists killers will be brought to book
From Jonas Ike, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu has assured the nation that the killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasorantin will certainly be found and made to face the full weight of the Law. The IGP notes that the Ondo…
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Fasoranti's daughter: Yoruba will react if pushed to the wall, Gani Adams warns
Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland and leader of Oodua Peoples Congress said Yoruba will react to the spate of killings in the South West when pushed to the wall. He was reacting to the killing on Friday of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere.…
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Nigeria diminished with killing of Fasoranti’s daughter – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday declared the country has been diminished by the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunri on Friday. Mrs. Olakunri is the daughter of elder statesman leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Obasanjo said the killing by suspected herdsmen was a worrisome development in the polity, especially, at a time when all well-meaning Nigerians…
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Ondo deputy governor, SSG, visit Pa Fasoranti over daughter's death
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, on Friday night led a government delegation to the residence of the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure. The delegation was on a condolence visit to the elder statesman whose daughter was killed by gunmen at Ore junction in Ondo State.…
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Buhari condoles Fasoranti over daughter’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on the death of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. The deceased was reportedly shot on Friday on the Kajola-Ore road in Ondo State by those the police described as armed robbers. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
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How Olakunrin, Fasoranti’s daughter was killed in broad daylight in Ore – Police
The police in Ondo State have given details of how suspected herdsmen in a kidnap attempt, shot and killed Funke Olakunrin, the second daughter of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti. Police spokesman, Femi Joseph, said the incident occurred between Kajola and Ore along Ondo-Ore road on Friday. Recall that Afenifere’s spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin, had earlier insinuated…
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BREAKING: Suspected herdsmen kill Afenifere chairman's daughter, abduct others
Daughter of the leader of the Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs Funke Olakunrin was on Friday reportedly shot dead by suspected kidnappers in Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Sources said the deceased was coming from the Lagos end of the Benin/Ore road when her car was…