Nigeria, April 13 -- The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, has paid tributes to Yinka Odumakin, the late Afenifere spokesperson, who died at the age of 54 on April 2 because of COVID-19 complications.

Mr Igini, in a message sent to PREMIUM TIMES, Monday, described Mr Odumakin as a patriot who was "committed to the success of the Nigerian project."

He said Mr Odumakin's death was a loss to Nigeria and to him personally.

"Odumakin is an embodiment of commitment to the success of the Nigerian project and demonstrated it with integrity during epochal events such as the Save Nigeria Project and the call for electoral reforms, where he exhibited how human agency can make or mar the destiny of a nation.

"We cann...