Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II on Saturday named Ife-Moro Road after the late Afenifere spokesperson Yinka Odumakin.
The monarch, represented by Kemade Elugbade at the funeral service of Odumakin in Moro, described the late Afenifere chieftain as an unforgettable patriotic descendant of Oduduwa and a positive factor in Nigeria’s democracy.
He said: “Odumakin’s death was a rude shock when Yoruba nation in particular and Nigeria at large needed him.
“The news of his demise was a very bitter pill to swallow for the entire country and to us particularly in the House of Oduduwa.
“He was a disciplined Yoruba leader who has been one of the loudest pro-democracy voices in the country,” he said.
Odumakin, who died in Lagos on Good Friday, April 2 of complications arising from COVID-19, was buried immediately after the funeral service.
