The death of two prominent human rights activists in Nigeria on Saturday, 3 April, 2021 has been described as a big blow to the human rights community and the country at large, reports The Gazelle News.com.
The Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV) which stated this while reacting to the death of the duo of Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Chukwuma, said only their immortalization can sooth the pain of their exits.
Reacting through a statement issued and signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Gbenga Soloki, CAIDOV described the duo as courageous and fearless in the course of fighting for human rights and enthronement of democratic government.
According to the group, “the duo of Comrades Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Chukwuma were courageous, fearless activists who gave all they had to send the military to the barracks in conjunction with several others. In the course of deepening the democratic process, they did their best and were vehement on good governance and the rule of law at all times.
“What the government can do to honour them is to immortalise them so that unborn children will be informed of their patriotic duties in this great country”.
CAIDOV appealed to the deceased families not to mourn them but to celebrate their worthy lives, stressing that “though they lived short lives, their journeys in life were eventful in all ramifications. No doubt, the country will miss their valuable contributions to nation building”.