A constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Dr Mike
Ozekhome (SAN), on Sunday described Yinka Odumakin as a “courageous wordsmith
whose pen is mightier than the sword.”
Yinka, a vocal activist, and columnist, died at LASUTH on
Saturday from COVID-19 complications.
His wife, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, told The PUNCH that he was
recovering and had asked for his phones and gadgets before he relapsed and
died.
Ozekhome in a statement said, “When I saw a posting
concerning Comrade Yinka Odumakin’s death, I thought the poster was still
carrying out the pranks of ‘April Fool’s Day’… Out of sheer curiosity, I called
one of our soul mates in the human rights and pro-democracy world, Dr Joe Okei
Odumakin, who has been a life-long Yinka’s wife.”
He added that he was devastated when Joe confirmed Yinka’s
death, adding that he had “not found my clarity of thought since then.”
Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, described the death of Odumakin as a
monumental loss to the country, the human rights community and the OAU.
A statement on Sunday by the Public Relations Officer of
OAU, Abiodun Olarewaju, said Odumakin who graduated from the Department of
English Language of the institution in 1989, “was a vibrant student activist, a
mass mobiliser, a great orator and the Public Relations Officer of the Students
Union.”
The statement said, “As an Alumnus, he assisted the Faculty
of Arts in raising funds for a few projects that were of immense benefits to
the staff and students.”
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