By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja
Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka has advised the Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu to desist from overrating himself to a level that everyone knows he doesn’t belong.
Olayinka stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to a statement made on a national television by Momodu on Wednesday saying that Wike was not known during the June 12 struggle and should stop talking as if he is a founding father of the country.
But, Olayinka towing the same line asked; ” Where was Dele Momodu too when Nigeria was being founded? Was he among the founding fathers of Nigeria to be living in the country?”.
While admonishing Dele Momodu whom he described as Publisher of Ovation Photo Book to stop lying about his involvement in the June 12 struggle, Olayinka said; “He only used the June 12 struggle to Japa. He didn’t struggle for anything other than his own well-being.
“Those who genuinely struggled for June 12 didn’t use children of the man, who incarcerated MKO Abiola till he died in the custody as model for any photo book as done by Dele Momodu.
“They did not also go about visiting the mansions of Military Generals to take pictures for publication as done by Dele Momodu with his the Ovation Photo Book.
“Therefore, when register of those who fought for actualization of June 12 is being taken, people like Dele Momodu, who used it to hustle should stop forcing their names into it.”
He observed that with the way and manner the Publisher have been talking against Wike at any giving opportunity, it appears he need urgent deliverance and rehabilitation before things get out of hand.
“the mental case of the self-appointed chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) appeared to have graduated from psychology to psychosis, such that he now sees Wike in everything he does, even in his sleep.”
“Since in the warped mindset of Dele Momodu, those who were not part of the June 12 struggle are not entitled to speak about democracy in Nigeria, I think those who were not part of the struggle for the independence of Nigeria should also not live in the country.”
