Nigeria, March 5 -- Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka has sparked social media conversations after leading members of the Pyrates Confraternity to pay their final respects to renowned literary scholar Biodun Jeyifo.

Pyrates Confraternity, also known as the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), was founded by Mr Soyinka and six others, the "Magnificent Seven."

The group, founded in 1952 at the University College, Ibadan, was registered as a humanitarian organisation and was known for charity and advocacy for good governance, among other activities.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Jeyifo, the pioneer president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), died on 11 February at the age of 80.

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