National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu released a powerful condolence message for late Yinka Odumakin who died on Saturday, April 3, 2021 from COVID-19 complications.
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This condolence is interesting, given that, Odumakin, in his lifetime was opposed to anything that has to do with Tinubu that was glaring to the public.
This encomiums would be a surprise to all political watchers who knew all about Odumakin and Tinubu when they were together in NADECO fighting their common enemy, the military and when they parted ways after victory over oppression of the military.
But in this condolence message signed by Asiwaju Tinubu available to SOJ WORLDWIDE, http://www.sojworldnews.com Tinubu described Odumakin as someone who is,
“Courageous and outspoken defender of whatever ideals and principles he believed in and a patriotic citizen in every sense of the word.”
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FULL TEST:
“I received with profound shock the news of the death early this morning of Mr. Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of Afenifere, committed fighter for democracy, dedicated civil society activist courageous and outspoken defender of whatever ideals and principles he believed in and a patriotic citizen in every sense of the word.
In the struggle against the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election and the perpetuation of military dictatorship, Odumakin was never found wanting. He was at the vanguard of the battle even at the risk of his life and liberty.
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It is impossible to credibly tell the story of the emergence of the democracy we enjoy in this dispensation today without emblazoning Odumakin’s name in gold. He was a doughty fighter for freedom and the rule of law.
He was rock solid in his commitment to Afenifere, the Yoruba people and the several other civil society groups in which he played active roles.
Odumakin never held public office. But he has been a constant feature and part of our public consciousness over the last two decades of this unbroken democratic dispensation. He epitomized the true definition of the citizen;
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A patriot who was ever conscious of the fact that his life could not be complete or his humanity meaningful if he did not take an active interest in and join likeminded fellow citizens in seeking always to promote the common good of his community and country.
In the course of the last two and a half decades, Odumakin and I had cause to collaborate in pursuit of different political causes at different times and I can testify to his capacity for hard work, his brilliance, his tenacity in his loyalty to his cherished principles.
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Even if we differed politically, I had no cause to doubt his sincerity in charting his chosen path. He will forever remain a model of what a citizen who places the good of his country above his personal interest could be.
For, given his talents and abilities, Odumakin could easily have opted to focus on his personal welfare and that of his family rather than embroil himself in the several struggles he dedicated his life to.
It is certainly not fortuitous that his wife, the indefatigable Amazon, Dr Joe Odumakin, was Yinka’s comrade in struggle and active collaborator in fighting for justice, liberty and the dignity of the underprivileged.
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I join millions of Nigerians in condoling with Dr. Odumakin and her family in this sad hour. May God comfort and strengthen them even as they take solace in the massive outpouring of grief nationwide at Yinka’s painful passage.
I also express my heartfelt condolences to Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the Afenifere leader, and all other leaders and members of Afenifere as well as all Yinka’s associates in the civil society movement.
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His life vividly demonstrates once again, in the immortal words of Chief Obafemi Awolowo that “it is not life that matters but the courage you bring into it” and that it is not how long we live but how well and productively that matters.
Odumakin is gone. But he lives on in the memory of millions of his compatriots. May his soul rest in peace.
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