Yinka Odumakin
By Lai Olurode
The passing away of Chief Yinka Odumakin was a great loss to this country.
He was committed to a great but restructured Nigeria.
He was a dogged and committed fighter for causes that he believed in. And really, he was committed to fighting whatever would rob off negatively on the masses, no matter their ethno-religious identity.
To my mind, not many living Nigerians are as committed to a restructured Nigeria as he is.
Odumakin was courageous, bold, painstaking in the pursuit of facts and figures.
He had a robust and versatile mind. He speaks fluently and unrelenting and consistent in the pursuit of truth.
He had no permanent friend except in what is just, fair and right
The last time he was in touch with me was a couple of weeks back and in respect of the death of yet a greater Nigerian, Alh. Lateef kayode Jakande. He wanted some clarifications about LKJ’s unbelievably spartan life, which I obliged him.
May the soul of Odumakin rest in peace and may God be with his wife, Dr. Mrs. Joe-Odumakin and the children he left behind. His death is certainly a devastating loss to the progressive camp and to all lovers of a great and peaceful Nigerian.
*Olurode is a former National Commissioner at the INEC and professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos.
April 3 2021
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