OBITUARY: Yinka Odumakin: A fighter falls in his prime
Yinka Odumakin died at the age of 56 but left behind a legacy of active public engagements 7 min read
Leaving behind aged parents and a young family made the sting of Yinka Odumakin’s death even more painful for his loved ones, associates and admirers.
The heart-rending moment the news was broken to his centenarian father was
Not even the scriptural sermon and proverbs employed by a pastor in breaking the sad news could cushion the blow on Pa Ezekiel Odumakin, a church elder at the Christ Apostolic Church, Waasinmi, in Moro, a small community in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State.
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She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised were saying about him.
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Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband.
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His wife told The PUNCH that he was recovering and had asked for his phones and gadgets before he relapsed and died.
She said, It all started on March 8 when he said he had a series of meetings and appointments to make. But he went to see his physiotherapist and discovered that his oxygen level had dropped.
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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has paid a condolence visit to the acting National Leader of Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, over the death of Yinka Odumakin.
He paid the visit to the Afenifere leader shortly after visiting the wife of the deceased on Monday.
After visiting Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, I also paid a condolence visit to Afenifere Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, at his Lekki residence, Lagos to also condole with him on the death of Mr. Yinka Odumakin. pic.twitter.com/B06Pl4BwwO
Adebanjo and Tinubu are believed to hold different political views.