Yinka Odumakin is Dead

National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, is dead.

Reports said he died at the COVID-19 Isolation Centre in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).

His wife, Joe Okei-Odumakin, confirmed his death. “A part of me is gone. A part of me is gone. He fought hard at the intensive care unit. Pray for me to survive this. My love is gone.

“He was OK before. Even on March 10, he was still attending meetings. He was recovering yesterday but he died this morning. I am at the intensive care unit. A part of me is gone”.

Sources said a delegation of Yoruba leaders were on their way to the residence of Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo, to break the news to him.