'We lost a gem' -- politicians, activists pay tribute to Yinka Odumakin

Joe Okei-Odumakin, his wife, said her husband recovered from COVID-19 a week ago before his death.
The deceased was a human rights activist who played a vital role in the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) that fought the Sani Abacha regime after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election.
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He was once a spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari but he later turned to a critic of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
MAKINDE: TRUE FIGHTER OF YORUBA CAUSE
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, described Odumakin as a true Yoruba son who embodied the ethos of Omoluabi, a dogged and true fighter of the Yoruba cause and an advocate of good governance.

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