Politics
TOLA Adeniyi, chairman of Council Yoruba Global Alliance and former managing director of Daily Times, has expressed shock over the death of Yinka Odumakin, which happened Saturday morning, April 3.
Odumakin was the national publicity secretary of the Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural association.
“It’s shocking! It’s unbelievable! It’s absolutely a cruel timing!”, Adeniyi said in a statement made available to Realnews today.
According to him, “Yinka Odumakin’s death is like a thunderbolt strike into the heart of Yoruba nationalism.
“Bold, bright and outspoken, Yinka was a study in courage and fearlessness.
“His commitment to the Yoruba struggle for liberation and emancipation was never in doubt. He put his whole life on the line for the crusade.
“He stood stoutly against the recolonization of Nigeria and the entire Nigerian indigenous Nationalities.
“By his death all the free peoples of the world have lost a roaring voice, the Yoruba nation has lost a champion, and all the Self-Determination Organizations have lost an icon.”
He said “his heart goes out in sympathy to Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the Afenifere family, his heroic wife Joe and children and to the entire oppressed peoples of Nigeria.”
– April 3, 2021 @ 8:53 GMT /
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