President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the Afenifere cultural group, friends and family in celebrating with Pa Reuben Fasoranti on his 97th birthday.

The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, expressed his admiration for the courage, wisdom, resilience and visionary leadership that the nonagenarian had continued to provide.

He said Fasoranti’s personal profile conveyed the remarkable history of Nigeria from independence, with his participation in shaping political and economic developments in the first, second, third and fourth republic, and fearlessly advocating democratic rule under the military rule