A long time spokesman for the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, has died of COVID-19.
It was learnt that, Odumakin died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital isolation centre.
Mrs. Joe Okei-Odumakin, his wife and colleague in the struggle to see a better Nigeria, has confirmed his death.
It has been gathered that a delegation of Yoruba leaders were on their way to the residence of Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo, to break the news to him.
His wife is reported to have said: “A part of me is gone. A part of me is gone. He fought hard at the intensive care unit. Pray for me to survive this. My love is gone.
“He was OK before. He was recovering yesterday but he died this morning. I am at the intensive care unit. A part of me is gone.”
To all Yoruba sons and daughters, this is an end of an era.