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He has since been absolved of all accusations made by the Abacha administration, which are believed to have been orchestrated by Abacha's anti-democratic administration Momodu opposed with his support of MKO Abiola's campaign.Ĭhief Momodu started Ovation International in 1996 while still in exile. For three agonising years, he could not re-enter his homeland, Nigeria. Momodu managed to escape by masquerading as a farmer through the Seme border into Cotonou, in Benin Republic, from where he fled to Togo, Ghana and eventually to the United Kingdom. Momodu was accused of being one of the brains behind the pirate radio station, Radio Freedom (later Radio Kudirat), after the cold-blooded murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. He was to be arrested in 1995 and charged with treason by the government of Sani Abacha, then a dictator. He was severely punished by the reigning dictatorship for his pro-democratic views but was undeterred.
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Momodu was arrested and detained at Alagbon Close in Lagos, after the annulment of the 12 June Presidential election by General Ibrahim Babangida. In 1993, Momodu resigned to join the Moshood Abiola Presidential Campaign Organization. Following this, Momodu started a public relations outfit, Celebrities-Goodwill Limited, which managed the accounts of Chief Moshood Abiola, Dr Mike Adenuga, Mr Hakeem Belo-Osagie and other distinguished Nigerians.ĭele and his wife, Bolaji with the late Chief M. He resigned and tried his hand at doing business as a bread distributor for his mentor Chief Moshood Abiola, who owned "Wonderloaf". Between May 1990 and September 1991 he edited May Ellen Ezekiel's Classique, a celebrity magazine, an appointment that made him the highest paid editor in Nigeria. In May 1989, he became Literary Editor, within six months he became News Editor of the Weekend Concord.
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He also contributed to other publications such as the National Concord, Sunday Concord, Business Concord and the Yoruba newspaper Isokan. He wrote the first cover story for the paper in March 1989. A year later, Momodu was transferred to Weekend Concord as a pioneer staff. In May 1988, Dele Momodu got his first job as Staff Writer with African Concord magazine, owned by late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.
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On 30 July 2016, Dele was awarded with an honorary doctorate degree (PhD) from the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana, earning him the title "Doctor of Humane Letters".ĭele Momodu and former President Bill Clinton Involvement with M. He was during this time contributing articles to the likes of The Guardian, Sunday Tribune and other Nigerian-based publications. Following Momodu's resignation from the Motel Royal, he went on to study for his post-graduate degree in English literature. In 1986, Momodu served the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II, managing the Motel Royal Limited owned by the monarch. Between 19, he was private secretary to the former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Chief Akin Omoboriowo. He lectured at the Oyo State College of Arts and Science in Ile-Ife, between 19 while on National Service. Dele Momodu and Queen Elizabeth II Education and career Ī graduate of University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) 1982, Dele Momodu holds a degree in Yoruba and a master's degree in English Literature (1988).