How My Husband Died—Joe Odumakin

<p><em>How My Husband Died is the narrative of Joe Odumakin<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;A human right activist&comma; humanist&comma; columnist and defender of Justice&comma; Yinka Odumakin&comma; is dead&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> can report&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He died in the early hours of Saturday&comma; March 4&comma; 2021 in Lagos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement signed by the wife&comma; Mrs Joe Okei Odumakin and made available to OpenLife&comma; Yinka Odumakin was said to have been ill for a while and was being attended medically at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital&comma; LASUTH&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was also said to be fast responding to treatment and had gotten well substantially when he died&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the statement&comma; the late activist &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Was being managed for respiratory issues&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement titled &OpenCurlyQuote;A PART OF ME IS GONE’ reads&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With gratitude to the Supreme Being for a life well spent&comma; I announce the passing on of my beloved husband&comma; Comrade Yinka Odumakin to the great beyond after a brief illness&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The sad event happened this morning&comma; Saturday&comma; April 3&comma;2021&comma; at the intensive care unit of<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;washingtonpost&period;com&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;google&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;acq-intl&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;dr-search-evg&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;intl&lowbar;news&lowbar;search&lowbar;global&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;keyword&equals;washington&percnt;20post&amp&semi;campaignid&equals;8867048116&amp&semi;adgroupid&equals;94815991168&amp&semi;adid&equals;418108957860&amp&semi;gclid&equals;CjwKCAjwpKCDBhBPEiwAFgBzjw7vPTy2TcpoHTeI19r0ydMVVm4jYu5CTFDaTG8t7AKWezVy9rBC7hoCUyAQAvD&lowbar;BwE"> LASUTH<&sol;a> where he was being managed for respiratory issues due to complications from COVID-19 which he had recovered from about a week ago&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I appreciate the outpouring of grief and sympathy from home and abroad as I mourn my irreplaceable soulmate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I urge us all to remain steadfast in the cause of the masses to which he dedicated his life&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Burial arrangement will be made public in due course&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yinka Odumakin&comma; said to 59 years old&comma; was the Chief Executive Officer Kaphine Nigeria Ltd&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The former Publicity Secretary of Yoruba socio cultural organization&comma; Afenifere&comma; participated actively in the 2014 national conference organized by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;