Minister of state for labour and employment Festus Keyamo on Saturday mourned the spokesman of pan-Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere Yinka Odumakin who died of complications from COVID-19.
Mr Keyamo said Odumakin’s death was a personal loss to him, adding that he knew the deceased and his wife Joe Okei-Odumakin before they met and got married.
“Yinka’s death is a personal loss to me. Himself & the wife, Joe, have been my long-time friends & allies,” the minister tweeted.
“I knew them separately before they met & got married. I just called the wife’s line & they’re still at the hospital. My deepest condolences to Josephine & the Odumakin family.”
Odumakin died on Saturday morning. He had been on a ventilator at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) isolation centre.
The activist had serious underlining conditions including diabetes, lung-related issues and a mild stroke first suffered a few years ago, Qed.ng learnt.
