Yinka Odumakin, the Spokesman for pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, is dead. Odumakin, Vanguard gathered, died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

A delegation of Yoruba leaders are reportedly at the residence of Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo, to break the news to him.

Meanwhile, National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shetimma, while mourning the death of Yinka Odumakin, said Nigeria has lost one of its finest. Shetimma said: “It’s a great loss. Yinka was one of our finest especially in the Arewa community. We have lost one of our best, a shinning, leading light in our struggle.

”It is a loss to the family and to the country. We lost Yinka at a time we needed him the most. I am still in shock.