The 93-year-old mother of the late National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, Alice Odumakin has passed away.
According to a statement from Yinka’s wife, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, Alice died on Wednesday morning in Ikorodu, Lagos.
She revealed that the matriarch never recovered from the death of her son and husband until she passed.
Okei-Odumakin in a statement titled: ‘Odumakin: Heavens gain a third angel, said the family will provide further information about Alice Odumakin’s passing soon.
The statement reads, “The matriarch of the Odumakin family, Madam Alice Odumakin has passed on.
“Yinka Odumakin’s mother passed on this morning in Ikorodu, Lagos at about 10.15 a.m.
“Madam Alice Odumakin never recovered from the death of her son and husband.”
Dr Joe Okei Odumakin told journalists today that further information will be released by the family soon.
Yinka Odumakin died in April 2021 from COVID-related complications.
