Yinka Odumakin Returns: Jubilation as Widow of Late Afenifere Spokesperson Okei-Odumakin Gives Birth to Twins
- The widow of the late Afenifere chieftain, Yinka Odumakin, has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, at a hospital in the US
- Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the widow, made the announcement herself in a statement released on Sunday, October 31
- According to the statement, the "miraculous" birth of the twins comes 18 years after the widow's last childbirth
United States - Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of bouncing twins - a boy and a girl - at a United States of America hospital on Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
The new mother, Okei-Odumakin, disclosed this in a statement posted on her Facebook page on Sunday, October 29.
Source: Facebook
Legit.ng gathers that the mother and the babies are in excellent health condition.
The widow described the birth as a miracle that fulfilled the wishes of the late Odumakin towards the end of his sojourn on earth to have another baby to be named after him.
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Read the full statement below:
"Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of bouncing twins - a boy and a girl - at a United States of America hospital on Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
"The mother and the babies are in excellent health condition.
"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, YO, 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 YO took ill and never recovered.
"It was good news that Joe conceived but YO 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.
"YO 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 YO had 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."
You will be buried in my heart: Yinka Odumakin’s wife pens heart-breaking message to late activist
Legit.ng had previously reported that Okei-Odumakin, mourned the passing of his husband who died of complications resulting from coronavirus at the intensive care unit of Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Friday, April 2.
The respected activist took to her page on social media with a touching tribute to her late husband as she remembered him.
She wrote:
"The part of me you took and the part of you I hold will never grow cold the ceremonies will be done, but you will be buried in my heart."
Source: Legit.ng
