Late Yinka Odumakin’s widow gives birth to twins

Late Yinka and Josephine Odumakin.

*6 months after husband’s death

DR. Josephine Odumakin, the widow of late Afenifere spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin, announced delivery of her twin babies, Wednesday, October 27, 2021, in the United States of America, describing it as a dream come true. 

Yinka Odumakin died of Coronavirus complications on April 2, this year at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.

In a statement titled: ‘Yinka Odumakin returns, as Joe Okei-Odumakin gives birth to twins’, Mrs. Odumakin, who expressed delight on the miracle birth, said: “Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of bouncing twins - a boy and a girl - in a United States of America hospital, on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. 

“The mother and the babies are in excellent health conditions.

“The miracle birth fulfilled the wishes of the late Odumakin towards the end of his sojourn on earth to have another baby to be named after him. 

“The couple got married in 1997, had their first baby girl in 2000 and the second, a boy, in 2003. While the girl was named after Joe, the boy was named Abraham, after the late Afenifere leader, Pa Abraham Adesanya.

“The twins are coming 18 years after the last childbirth. After he survived a three-day coma in 2020 and a few months before he succumbed to the illness that eventually but unexpectedly claimed his life, Yinka Odumakin, as he is fondly called, developed a strong desire for him and his wife to have another baby.

“Thank God Joe did not dither or procrastinate, as she took in just about the time Yinka Odumakin took ill and never recovered. 

“It was good news that Joe conceived but Yinka Odumakin never got to hear the news of his wishes coming to pass as he did not make it out of the ventilator.

“He had, however, prophetically left words concerning what the baby or babies should be called if his wishes materialised.

“Yinka Odumakin was so accurate in his predictions that they could be twins (and their sex) that he gave the names of the babies and told his wife how he would raise them.

“While many may interpret this to mean that Yinka Odumakin had a premonition about his death, it was only a strong desire expressed by him to have babies that he would dot over and who would possibly step into his aluta shoes.

“It's a dream come true.”