The President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, Joe Okei-Odumakin, has confirmed the news of the death of her husband Yinka Odumakin.
Odumakin died on Saturday at the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. Before his death, he was the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere.
JUST IN: Afenifere Spokesman, Yinka Odumakin Dies Of COVID-19
His wife, in a statement, said the Afenifere spokesman died due to COVID-19 complications after recovering from the virus.
“The sad event happened this morning (Saturday, 3/4/2021) at the intensive care unit of LASUTH where he was being managed for respiratory issues due to complications from COVID-19 which he had recovered from about a week ago,” she said.
“I appreciate the outpouring of grief and sympathy from home and abroad as I mourn my irreplaceable soulmate. I urge us all to remain steadfast in the cause of the masses to which he dedicated his life.
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“Burial arrangement will be made public in due course.”
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Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has reacted to the death of the group’s National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin.
Odumakin died at the Covid Isolation Centre of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. The news of his death was confirmed by his wife, Mrs. Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Saturday.
Reacting to the news, Afenifere’s new leader, Ayo Adebanjo tweeted a photo of Odumakin which he captioned, “This is too heavy to bear.”
He played a major role in the National Democratic Coalition that fought the regime of late military head of state, General Sani Abacha, after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election.
As Afenifere spokesman, Odumakin spoke tenaciously for the rights of the Yoruba and the people of the South-West geopolitical zone.
Just before his death, he consistently condemned the activities of criminal Fulani herdsmen, who have been accused of farmland destruction, rape, killings, and abductions in the South-West.
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