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Yinka Odumakin: ‘Part of me is gone’ – Dr Joe Okei Odumakin

The wife of late Human Activist and Afenifere Spokesman, Yinka Odumakin who dies in the early hours of today in Lagos Teaching Hospital, said ” Part of her is gone”.

In her word;

“With gratitude to the Supreme Being for a life well spent, Iannounce the passing on of my beloved husband, Comrade Yinka Odumakin to the great beyond after a brief illness.

“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.

“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.

“Burial arrangement will be made public in due course”.

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