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YINKA ODUMAKIN: In Life s Adversity, He Made A Difference

Louis Achi and Segun James pay tribute to the spokesperson of Afenifere, Comrade Yinka Odumakin, who passed on yesterday after a fierce battle with Covid-19 Former French president, Giscard D’Estaing’s counselled political leaders that, “There can be no response to history without effort.” D’Estaing’s sage counsel was clearly inspired by the environment of the human crises that defined his era. He was born during the First World War and fought in the second bloody, global conflagration. Of the few Nigerians, who took this free historical advisory seriously, Mr. Yinka Odumakin – cultural icon, activist and politician – was one.

Odumakin: Soldier of democracy who found love in detention

Punch Newspapers Sections ENIOLA AKINKUOTU Published 12:12 am In this piece, ENIOLA AKINKUOTU examines the life and times of activist, Yinka Odumakin, who died of COVID-19 complications on Friday Soldiers are formed not within the confines of quotidian comforts, but in the middle of struggles against tribulations in pursuit of a higher cause. This perhaps explains why the All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said on Saturday that the story of Nigeria’s current democratic dispensation would not be complete without “emblazoning Yinka Odumakin’s name in gold” as he was a “doughty fighter for freedom and the rule of law.”

Soyinka, Omisore, Ighodalo, Opeyemi on condolence visit to Odumakin s widow

Soyinka, Omisore, Ighodalo, Opeyemi on condolence visit to Odumakin s widow
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How OAU expelled Yinka Odumakin for leading protest against Babangida

3 min read Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has narrated how late Yinka Odumakin, the ex-spokesperson of Afenifere, was expelled from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). Mr Odumakin died on Saturday at the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital where he was being managed for respiratory issues due to complications from COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari and other dignitaries in the country had described Mr Odumakin as a man of conviction and a strong defender of human rights. PREMIUM TIMES reported that he was a core activist who started his activism at the university and served as the Public Relations Officer of OAU Students’ Union.

Odumakin died on Friday, but doctors hid the news from me till Saturday, says widow

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