Abdulmumuni Abiola, one of the sons of the late Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist, Moshood Abiola, has disclosed the reason some of his father’s children still suffer despite humongous wealth left behind by the deceased.
According to him, his late father willed £650,000 to his first four wives.
This was revealed in a programme titled ‘Mic On Podcast’ hosted by Channels TV presenter, Seun Okinbaloye.
The video of the programme was released on Saturday.
His words; “Let me give you some background on that. We did blood tests so we had a list of qualifying children. If you look at the will and you see how systematic it is, he names the wives and he apportions the money to them. I would like to give you some information on that. My mum was number two (Kudirat Olayinka Abiola). I think she was apportioned £150,000.
“At the time, Kola had sighted the fact that my mum died before my dad died, and because of that, British law would not allow him to release the £150,000 to us. He also said that his mum too is dead and he didn’t get the £300,000 for his mother. But you are the one sharing the money, so it’s odd…If he wanted to, he could have given us the money.”
Abdulmumuni recalled that he, alongside his mother’s children, was struggling to make ends meet after the loss of their parents, saying, “It would have been useful to us to have those funds.
“Not to mention my mum’s apartment in the UK, before we knew anything, Kola had sold it without telling my brothers or my sister anything about it. So you can see that they were systematically trying to impoverish my mum’s side of the family. And for that reason, I don’t think I will be able to forgive him (Kola).”
Abdulmumuni recalled that while he was eight years old, he and his siblings struggled to survive in the United Kingdom.
While one of his sisters made braids for the locals, another travelled across some American universities to make speeches.
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