Ooni names Ife-Moro road after late Odumakin

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on Saturday named the Ife-Moro road after the late activist and spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin. Chief Kemade Elugbade represented Ooni Ogunwusi at Odumakin’s funeral service at Moro, Osun state. Tension in Ekiti as bandits shoot monarch Anger as 3 abducted Greenfield varsity students found dead The […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on Saturday named the Ife-Moro road after the late activist and spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin.

Chief Kemade Elugbade represented Ooni Ogunwusi at Odumakin’s funeral service at Moro, Osun state.

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The monarch described the human rights activist as an unforgettable patriotic descendant of Oduduwa and a positive factor in Nigeria’s democracy.

During the funeral, a short clip of Odumakin’s lifetime was played in remembrance of the human rights activist.

Ooni said Odumakin’s death was a rude shock, lamenting that he died when Yoruba nation in particular and Nigeria at large needed him the most.

He said: “The news of Odumakin’s demise was a very bitter pill to swallow for the entire country and to us particularly in the House of Oduduwa.

“He was a disciplined Yoruba leader who has been one of the loudest pro-democracy voices in the country.”