A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday visited the widow late Odumakin at the family residence in the Omole area of Lagos, Punch reports.
Tinubu, who visited Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin around 2pm, told her that Yinka was dear to his heart and that his death represented a big loss.
“The late Odumakin and I, as well as others, were together during the struggle for the actualisation of June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late MKO Abiola”, Tinubu told reporters.
According to him, even if he and Odumakin later had differences, that was after they had pushed the military out of power.
Yinka’s widow said she believed Yinka made it to heaven as he was close to God, saying that was her only consolation.
Also, a former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, who was also at the house prayed for Odumakin’s wife, aged parents and the Afenifere family in the condolence register he signed.
“My dear Yinka – What shall we say unto the Lord? All we have to say is thank you, Lord. We thank the good Lord for your short but impactful life. May God almighty grant you eternal rest. And may He console your wife, children, your aged parents, the entire Odumakin and the Afenifere family. Amen – Adieu – Yinka,” Amosun wrote in the register.
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Amb. Sarafadeen Isola, while signing the condolence register, wrote, “Yinka, your worthy legacies remain immortal. The outpouring of condolences, tributes and eulogies are testimonies to your greatness on this planet.”
The Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Adeolu Akande, described Odumakin as a selfless man.
