The feud among the children of the late business mogul and the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential poll, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola has, again, come to the fore following allegations by the son of the late Kudirat, Abdulmumuni, that his half-brother, Kola, withheld the money his mother would have received as inheritance from Abiola.
In a Channel TV broadcast programme: ‘Mic On Podcast,’ Abdulmumuni said his father willed £650,000 to his first four wives including his mother.
Abiola’s will displayed during the programme showed the first wife, Simbiat, got £300,000; the second wife, Kudirat, £150,000; the third wife, Moriamo, £100,000; and the fourth, Idiat, £100,000.
Abdulmumuni berated his older brother, Kola, for allegedly refusing to give him and his sisters their rightful inheritance from their father.
He explained that the family had done a series of blood tests to know the legitimate children entitled to his father’s will.
On why some of Abiola’s children suffer despite the huge wealth left behind by him, Abdulmumuni highlighted the problem thus: “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 also explained how he and his siblings struggled to make ends meet after the death of their parents.
“It would have been useful to us to have that 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 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).”
According to him, while he was eight years old, he and his siblings struggled to survive in the United Kingdom.
He gave insight to their struggling when he said one of his sisters made braids for the locals, another travelled across some American universities to make speeches.
He also drew attention to Kola’s actions, pointing out his mother’s UK apartment sale without delivering the proceeds, to withholding her monetary share of the will.
Abdulmumuni said Kola’s action “smacks of a deliberate attempt to put somebody down,” noting that other wives of his father 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. Hafsat was making speeches at universities at, like 20, had to fly across America, just to make $100, $200,” he lamented.
