Wike: Momodu Not Genuine June 12 Activist

OlawaleAjimotokanin Abuja

FCT Minister, NyesomWike, has lashed out at the publisher of Ovation International Magazine, Aare Dele Momodu, saying he was not one of the true fighters for the actualisation of the June 12 struggle.

The Wike attack came through a statement by his Senior Special Assistant Public Communications and Social Media, LereOlayinka, in reply to Momodu’s statement on a national television.

Momodu had said: “Where was Wike during the June 12 struggle? Who knew him then? But today, he speaks as if he’s the founding father.”

Wike’s aide challenged Momodu about his involvement in the June 12 struggle, by accusing the Ovation Publisher of using the June 12 struggle to Japa and better his own well-being.

In the riposte, he began by asking: “Where was Dele Momodu too when Nigeria was being founded? Was he among the founding fathers of Nigeria to be living in the country?

“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 the Ovation Photo Book.

“Therefore, when the register of those who fought for actualisation of June 12 is being taken, people like Dele Momodu, who used it to hustle should stop forcing their names into it,” Olayinka said.