Late Pa Ayefele, who was fondly called Baba Teacher, died on Sunday, October 12 in the midst of his 76th birthday celebration. Confirming the story, Yinka Ayefele, his most prominent child, uploaded his late father’s picture on his Blackberry, with the caption: ‘My Dad is Gone, High Chief J.T Ayefele. Baami, *tears*’ The late Ekiti chief was hale and hearty weeks and days before his birthday event, only informing his children of his desire to celebrate his birthday which they considered quite unusual due to his quiet manner of celebrating through the years.
Ayefele, while reacting to what he described as a ‘shocking news,’ said: ‘I was there with him at Ipoti Ekiti to celebrate with him, he even saw me off when I was leaving and I left but was surprised to hear few minutes after I left of his demise.’ The late Pa Ayefele had earlier held a birthday thanksgiving service at the Anglican Church, Ipoti Ekiti.
The late Pa Ayefele Born in 1938, was an educationist and community leader in his native Ipoti Ekiti until his demise, Gospel artiste, Yinka Ayefele, will forever miss his father who has contributed to his growth right from child birth down to when he had his accident all to keep him alive as a father ought to do. But the loving father has slipped into the cold hands of visiting death as it came knocking at the door of Chief Joshua Taiwo Ayefele.
Although, the singer did not state the cause of his father’s death, but stated that he was going to miss his father whom he describes as ‘BABA TEACHER.’
Yinka, recalling his time with his father, explained that his dad who was an educationist and community leader in Ipoti Ekiti until his demise, forced him to go to school and wanted him to be a banker but he decided to study political science.
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