‘My Mother Thought Witches And Wizards Were After Me When I Couldn’t Get A Job’ – Dele Momodu

Sunnex Egbu

5 hours ago

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has said his late mother wondered if witches and wizards from his father’s village were after him when he could not get a job after his graduation.

Naijaonpoint reports that the veteran journalist made the revelation while recounting his sojourn with the late MKO Abiola and his deceased wife, Doyinsola, the pioneering female journalist.

Speaking during her burial in Lagos State, Momodu said his mother also had the perception that he wanted to be a “Babalawo” because he studied Yoruba in the university.

According to Dele Momodu, he visited Doyin, whom he referred to as “Iya Paper,” when he came to Lagos in search of a job.

He said, “I will like a day a big thank you to Iya Paper, that title is not original to me, the patent for that title belongs to Chief Mrs. Adebisi Abiola.

“Daddy had told me that if you want to be a polygamist, you must be a competent polygamist. So if you must be the son of a competent polygamist, then you must know how to navigate and meander in the home of a polygamist.

“So we will start from upstairs and go to mummy’s apartment, Alhaja Kudirat, then we will come to Chief Bisi Abiola and finally to ‘Iya Paper,’ who was my boss at Concord.

“I came to Lagos in 1988 in search of greener pastures, if I can borrow that cliché, and I was desperate for a job. I studied Yoruba for my first degree and I couldn’t get a job as a teacher.

“My mother was wondering if I wanted to become a Babalawo or why will I go to a university and studied Yoruba?

“Then I went back to do a master’s in Literature in English and I still couldn’t get a job, and my mother was wondering if witches and wizards were after me from my father’s village in Edo State.”