One of MKO Abiola’s sons, Abdul Mumuni has revealed that the late Nigerian businessman cum politician gave birth to “only 55 children”.
Mumuni, in a recent episode of the Mic On Podcast, said despite the narrative Abiola had 40 wives and 103 children, “DNA tests confirmed only 55 as his biological offspring”.
“You know the Abiola family, we are not that much. People think we are a lot. We are only 55. Well, there were 40 wives. Then according to the will… I think about forty-something though. There were some wives that were not there at the end. But not at the beginning, but at the end. Most of the wives had maybe one or two for my dad. Not every one of them,” he said.
“When my father was alive, he was paying for 103 people to go to school. But like I said not all of them were his. So after the blood tests, we happen to be 55.”
Mumuni also claimed Kola, his elder brother, was dating the daughter of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), former head of state, while their dad was languishing in prison.
Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, died in military detention on July 7, 1998.
IBB inexplicably annulled the June 12, 1993, general election — which was considered by most Nigerians as the freest and fairest poll in the country’s history.
It was widely believed that Abiola was leading whn Babangida annulled the election. Abiola was also imprisoned.
During the interview, Mumuni also argued that Kola failed to sustain Abiola’s political legacy and unite the family.
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Abdulmumuni Abiola, son of the acclaimed winner of the June 12 , 1993 presidential elections, the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawole (MKO) Abiola, has recounted how DNA confirmed his dad fathered 55 children, and not 103, as widely believed.
Mr Abiola, during an interview on Seun Okinbaloye’s ‘Mic On’ podcast on YouTube, said his father had 40 wives and 103 children, pending DNA confirmation.
“The Abiola family were not that much , but people thought we were a lot – just 55 children. There were 40 wives, but I think they (the wives) were about forty-something according to the will. Most of the wives had maybe one or two children for my daddy. “When my father was alive, he paid the fees of about 103 children. But like I said, not all of them were his. After the blood tests (DNA), we happened to be 55, a manageable number of we were in a country of 200 million people. You will think my father was enjoying himself, but not that much. Only 55 children with all the time he had”