Dele Momodu answers the Abacha question, by Tunde Odesola
by The Eagle Online · The Eagle OnlineI am too young to put my mouth in the affairs of elders. But the call of duty and poetic licence imbue the writer with the power to put their nose in matters that don’t concern them.
I was a nosy parker in the messy online fight between Chief Dele Momodu and his erstwhile chum, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, four months ago. I advised both elders in an article titled: “Dele Momodu vs Fani-Kayode: The pot fighting the kettle,” published in The PUNCH, on March 27, 2026.
After reading the piece, the Orangun of Oke-Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin, called me. He said: “Tunde, you have hit my friend, Dele.”
“No, kabiyesi, I’m too small to do that, sir,” I responded. Kabiyesi asked if he could give my number to Bob Dee. I said it’s ok.
When Bob Dee rang my phone, I picked up the call with certain scepticism. “He would want to throw his weight around,” I thought. “Good morning, sir,” he said. “Good morning, sir,” I returned greeting for greeting. I read your brilliant article. When I see a sound mind, I recognise it. That was a brilliant work.”
“Thank you, sir,” I replied.
“I don’t have any issue with the article, but there is one aspect that I would like to comment on. It is the aspect in which people say I defected to Abacha’s family after Abiola died. Sir, I never did. I stayed with Abiola till the end. I’m still in contact with the family to date. I went to the double weddings of the late General Sani Abacha’s daughters as a journalist, not as a guest. It was I who made Nigerians know the mausoleum where Abacha was buried behind his Kano palace. It was through Ovation that the world saw the mausoleum. It was I who took the pictures of the opulent weddings for Ovation. It was a call of duty. It’s only that Abacha angle that I want to comment on.”
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I promised Bob Dee I was going to set his record straight on Abacha’s myth. I think I’ve done just that.
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