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Yinka Odumakin He was “…a committed fighter for democracy, dedicated civil society activist, courageous and outspoken defender of whatever ideals and principles he believed in and a patriotic citizen in every sense of the word.” These were some of the words with which the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu described the late Yinka Odumakin who breathed his last on Saturday, April 3, following complications from COVID-19. Indeed, Tinubu’s words succinctly captured Odumakin’s life and what he stood for. At every point in time, he spoke and defen...

Vanguard News OAU, Falana, Igini, others mourn Odumakin On By Dapo Akinrefon, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Olayinka Ajayi & Shina Abubakar MORE glowing tributes continued to pour in for the late National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin. Those who paid tributes are constitutional lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana(SAN); the management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun State; the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini and former presidential candidate Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim. They described Odumakin’s death as not only tragic, but a monumental ...