“A part of me is gone. A part of me is gone. He fought hard at the intensive care unit. Pray for me to survive this. My love is gone.”
These are the words of human rights activist, Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, wife to late Yinka Odumakin.
Odumakin’s widow spoke on Saturday after the death of her husband. He had battled with sickness for about three weeks before bowing to death.
According to the wife, the deceased had fought hard against death before he eventually succumbed to death early Saturday morning.
Late Odumakin, a journalist and spokesman for Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba group, died of complications arising from COVID-9 at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital isolation centre.
His wife, a fearless and dogged fighter for justice, broke down in tears as she narrated her husband’s last moment.
She said, “He was okay before. Even on March 10, he still attended meetings. He was recovering yesterday (Friday) but he died this morning. I am at the Intensive Care Unit. A part of me is gone.”
In his reaction to news of Odumakin’s death, the Afenifere Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, tweeted a photo of the deceased with a caption: This is too heavy to bear.”
Many Yoruba personalities have been reacting to the news of the sudden death of the frontline Yoruba activist, saying that he left a big vaccum which would be difficult to fill.
