Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has accused Ovation Magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, of supporting former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for financial reasons.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Olayinka described Momodu as a “fairweather friend” who is only loyal to Atiku because of financial benefits, alleging that the media entrepreneur would quickly abandon the former vice president if the monetary flow ceased.
“We are hearing all this noise from him because Atiku is paying his bills. Let Atiku stop paying, Oga Dele Momodu will move to the next victim,” Olayinka said.
Reacting to Momodu’s recent claim that Wike was responsible for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, Olayinka dismissed the assertion, calling it baseless.
“Only someone like Dele Momodu, who does not have knowledge of anything apart from his stomach, would claim that it was Wike that drove Peter Obi out of the PDP,” he said.
Olayinka further accused Atiku of being a divisive figure within the PDP, alleging that the former vice president had sabotaged the party’s efforts since 2003, including its unsuccessful bid to win Lagos State.
“Atiku has been the weapon fashioned against the PDP since he frustrated the party’s efforts to win Lagos State in 2003,” he said.
