One of the youngest son of late politician, MKO Abiola, Abdul Mumin Abiola has alleged that there is a plot to assassinate him over his father's prope
One of the youngest son of late politician, MKO Abiola, Abdul Mumin Abiola has alleged that there is a plot to assassinate him over his father’s property, adding that if anything happens to him, his older brothers, Kola, Deji and Agboola should be held responsible. Abdul Mumin Abiola called on Nigerians to prevail on his brothers to stop attacking him for trying to resuscitate the projects, investments and businesses of their father who died in questionable circumstances on June 12th 1993.
Abdul Mumin Abiola in his statement said he has overtime suffered series of harassment from his brothers because of his attempt to revived his father’s businesses. He asked the public to ask his brother, Kola, if anything should happen to him. Read part of his statement below:
“I want my brothers, Kola, Deji, and Agboola to stop playing god with our father’s properties and abandoned projects and investments.
Kola Abiola
“I, my brothers and sisters totaling 40 children of Abiola are not fighting with them. We don’t have a bone to pick with them. But we need to step out of the past and of our father’s shadow. Kola, Deji and Agboola have been peddling lies in the media about my efforts to bring about changes to the dwindling fortunes of the Abiola family. I am ashamed just like my other brothers and sister to see that after MKO Abiola’s death, many of his legacies appear to be in shambles.
“No, it shouldn’t be like that. That is not what MKO Abiola stood for while he was alive. I want the good people of Nigeria to prevail on Kola and his cohorts to stop using the police to harass me or those who are working with me to restore the lost glory of the Abiola family. Every effort I have been making to renovate my father’s properties is not self-driven. It is for all my siblings and for the name of Chief MKO Abiola not to be dragged through the mud.
Late MKO Abiola
“Why should some people be sending thugs and miscreants after me and those working with me to renovate MKO Abiola’s properties? Why should that be? Do we have to wash our dirty linen in the public? Why should only a select few of Abiola’s children sit on our father’s properties? I am not even asking them to give me and my other siblings a share of the money-spinning companies of my father that they sit on. Our humble request is that they should allow me and my other siblings who are interested in renovating Abiola’s derelict properties. They should allow us to revive MKO Abiola’s abandoned projects,” he said.
Abdul Mumuni said he has exercised patience for 18 years during which he has watched a few of his siblings appropriate what belongs to all the children, who have allegedly been badly treated by Kola, Deji, and Agboola. He restated his fear that his life could be in danger and called on members of the public to look in the direction of his three siblings if anything untoward happens to him.
Deji Abiola
“I am also informing the public that my life is in danger. I don’t feel safe any longer. If anything untoward happens to me, Nigerians should know who to hold responsible. If anything should happen to me or my siblings, Kola and his cohorts should be held responsible. I love life, but I will not sit down cowardly. It is time that all of Abiola’s children sat down to discuss what exactly we want to do with our father’s properties and investments. We really don’t want handouts from anybody,” he said.
The late politician was widely presumed to have won the 1993 presidential election annulled by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (retd).
He died in detention in 1998, following his arrest over his determination to reclaim his mandate. Abdul Mumuni’s mother, Kudirat, was killed in 1996 by assassins working for the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha.
