Abdulmumuni Abiola, one of the sons of the late politician Moshood Abiola, has said that his late father willed £650,000 to his first four wives.
Abdulmumuni displayed his father’s will on broadcaster Seun Okinbaloye’s Mic On Podcast aired on Saturday.
According to the will, Abiola’s first wife Simbiat got £300,000; the second wife Kudirat received £150,000; the third wife Moriamo was given £100,000 while the fourth Idiat got £100,000.
Abdulmumuni, son of Kudirat Abiola, criticised his older brother Kola for allegedly refusing to give him and his sisters their rightful inheritance from their father.
He noted that the family had done a series of blood tests to know the legitimate children of the late business mogul entitled to his will.
When asked why some of Abiola’s children suffer despite the humongous wealth left behind by the deceased, Abdulmumuni said, “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 and his mother’s children struggled to make ends meet after the loss of their parents.
“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 systematic to try 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),” he said.
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.
He claimed that other wives of the late Abiola were paid their dues while Kola targeted only his mother’s side.
“The last part of the will that applied to me and my existence has not been addressed. We couldn’t afford to buy proper shoes for school so my sister had to take me to Payless. I didn’t understand that and then I’m finding out that we had an apartment in the UK that we could have rented and could have been bringing money for both.
“I’m telling you that my sister (Kafilah) used to do braids so we could pay for food. Hafsah was making speeches at universities at, like 20, had to fly across America, just to make $100, $200,” he said.