Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has said she wished her husband could hear the tributes paid to him from people he criticised.
Joe said this while speaking to The PUNCH at her residence on Kayode Alli Street, Omole Phase 1 Estate, Lagos.
Yinka, a vocal activist and columnist, died at LASUTH on Saturday from COVID-19 complications.
His wife told The PUNCH that he was recovering and asked for his phones and gadgets before relapsing and dying.
President Muhammadu Buhari and a former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, who had been criticised by the late Yinka, were among dignitaries who paid tributes to his memory.
Joe said she wished her husband was alive to read what they said about him.
“It would have been soothing if Yinka was around to see this. At times, we need to celebrate people when they are around; even if they will critique what we have to say and refer to what they had written and said about us. People are following the trend of events and they will be the best judge,” she added.
Among dignitaries that had visited the residence of the deceased were the Aare Ona Kakanfo, Aare Gani Adams, and the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Olusegun Ogungbemide.
