Governor Seyi Makinde and Amotekun operatives
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has asked the Federal Government to grant governors of the South-West the powers to equip their respective Amotekun operatives with sophisticated firearms like AK-47.
Speaking against the backdrop of the recent Igangan mayhem, Makinde decried that effective operations of Amotekun in tackling criminality continues to be limited because the operatives do not have sophisticated weapons to match that of criminal elements.
He made this call at Day One of the 2021 Governor Seyi Makinde National Democracy Summit themed: “The Future of Democracy in Nigeria,” held at the University of Ibadan on Wednesday.
He died in the early hours of today due to complications from Covid-19, according to family sources.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 03, 2021
The spokesman for the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, is dead.
He died in the early hours of today due to complications from Covid-19, according to family sources.
Yinka Odumakin
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Details of his death are still sketchy.
“I just spoke with Dr. Joe, his wife. She s in a panic mode. She said a part of her is gone. Odumakin had been in the ICU of LASUTH for the past one week after being transffered from IDH Yaba,” a source said.
Less than a month after expressing grief over the demise of Daba, death came close home as Yinka, her husband, drew his last breath at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, on Saturday morning.
The comrade fighter and activist reportedly passed on after battling coronavirus. Yes Odumakin has crossed to the great beyond but his memory lives on. One thing he was known for in his lifetime was courage. He spoke the truth and damned the consequences.
JUNE 12 HERO WHO FOUGHT FOR A BETTER NIGERIA
Odumakin was one of the influential figures who championed the emancipation of democracy. His love for a Nigeria where justice, equity and unity hold sway knew no bound. This, unarguably, was the driving force behind his numerous struggles for the country. The human right activist was an integral part of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) that fought the regime of General Sani Abacha after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election. He was also among the voices t