Actualise Oodua Republic to immortalised Odumakin . COSEG leader, Olokooba urge Yoruba.

 COSEG MOURNS YINKA ODUMAKIN -Says it is a reminder that nothing is more important than adhering to principles

 The Coalition of Oodua Self-determination Groups (COSEG) has described the passing of the spokesperson of Afenifere Comrade Yinka Odumakin as a terrible blow to the Yoruba Self-determination movement, but also as a reminder that nothing is more important as adhering to principles at all times even in the most unfavorable circumstances. This is contained in a statement issued in Lagos by the Convener of COSEG Comrade Razak Olookoba.

According to Olookoba, Yinka Odumakin represented a rare breed of activists with background in the Marxist students movement who was able to creatively apply his ideology to the conditions of his people. Yinka Odumakin’s exploits in the June 12 Struggle days and his subsequent unapologetic and unflinching commitment to the cause of the Yoruba and the rest of oppressed peoples and nationalities in Nigeria attest to this.

He was a dogged fighter, a destroyer and scourge of all backward and anti-democratic ideas and builder of commensurately progressive ideas and platforms for the advancement of the people’s condition of existence. He was fearless and puts the overall interest of the people over and above unprincipled political correctness. His prowess in this regard was accentuated by his ability in exactitude, articulation and timeliness in responding to issues.

His specific contributions to the Yoruba Agenda, to the forging of a common front at the 2014 Confab, building of bridges with the peoples of South South, South East and Middle Belt in almost two decades cannot be easily forgotten. Equally noteworthy is that He was not among people to be called All Governments in Power, neither was he noted for jumping ship for mundane reasons. He believed the ship of principle could weather any storm, no matter how imperiled.

According to Comrade Olookoba, the greatest way to immortalize this illustrious Yoruba self-determination leader is to redouble the effort to free the Yoruba from the annihilatory trappings of the Nigerian neocolony – a struggle for which our brother and comrade sacrificed his all.