Late Yinka Odumakin
Prominent Nigerians have continued to mourn the passage of the Spokesman of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, who died at the weekend.
They include Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, a former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and professor of Sociology Lai Olurode; Chairman, Afenifere Renewal Group, Wale Oshun and Chairman of Council of Yoruba Global Alliance, Akogun Tola Adeniyi.
Makinde described the death of Odumakin as personal loss of a good brother and a great loss to the Yoruba race. x
While Oshun described Odumakin as a protector of the weak and oppressed, Adeniyi, a former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Times, said his death was shocking.