Bishop Mathew Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese on Sunday paid a condolence visit to Dr Joe Okei -Odumakin, widow of late Afenifere Spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin, at their residence in Omole area of Lagos.
Kukah described the late Odumakin as a light to the new generation.
POLITICS NIGERIA earlier reported that Odumakin died on April 2 at 54, after a brief illness. In the condolence register, Kukah wrote: “We will remember you not with tears but with joy and hope.
“In a short time that you joined the race for a democratic Nigeria, you logged on so many miles.
“The journey goes on and the road is better and clearer because of the footprints you left behind as a light to a new generation.
“The future is in the Lord’s hands. It’s ours to build.”
The bishop prayed with the widow, who is also a rights campaigner and President, Women Arise, her children and family that the peace of God would not depart from them.
“May God receive Yinka mercifully and give him rest. I Pray for Joe, the children and all of us who loved you so dearly, peace be with you,” Kukah prayed.
