Wife of the late human rights activist and spokesman of Afenifere, Dr Joe Odumakin, says her husband, Yinka Odumakin, recovered from COVID-19 before he died.
Recall that Yinka Odumakin had died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on Saturday morning.
His widow, Joe, In a statement, on Saturday afternoon, said it’s very painful losing her husband, lamenting, “A part of me is gone.”
Her statement read, “With gratitude to the Supreme Being for a life well spent, I announce the passing on of my beloved husband, Comrade Yinka Odumakin to the great beyond after a brief illness.
“The sad event happened this morning (Saturday, 3/4/2021) at the intensive care unit of LASUTH where he was being managed for respiratory issues due to complications from COVID-19 which he had recovered from about a week ago.
“I appreciate the outpouring of grief and sympathy from home and abroad as I mourn my irreplaceable soulmate. I urge us all to remain steadfast in the cause of the masses to which he dedicated his life.
“Burial arrangement will be made public in due course.”