JUST IN: Afenifere spokesperson & Chairman Petals Fm, Yinka Odumakin dies at Covid Isolation Centre

Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has been thrown into mourning following the death of one of its sons, Yinka Odumakin

Odumakin, who was the national publicity secretary of the group, died after a brief illness at the age of 56

Odumakin, who was a human rights activist, reportedly died after a brief illness at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

News of his death was confirmed to The Punch by his wife, Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Saturday, April 3

According to the source, he has been at the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for a week.

He was first admitted at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos, but was moved to LASUTH when his condition deteriorated.

Before the coronavirus infection, he was said to have been battling underlying conditions such as diabetes.

The Afenifere spokesman also supported the campaign for a boycott of beef in the southwest region in March. According to him, Yoruba leaders would not continue to watch while their people were being killed in the name of cattle rearing.

This was after the leadership of cattle and foodstuff dealers decided to lift the blockade placed on the supply of food to the southern parts of Nigeria.