AfriPulse
A key member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC,
opposition coalition, Dele Momodu, on Saturday revealed why his late mother
wondered if he wanted to be a “Babalawo” or witches and wizards from his
father’s village were after him.
Momodu disclosed his mother had those perceptions because he
studied Yoruba in the university and could not get a job upon graduation.
He made the revelation while recounting his sojourn with the
late MKO Abiola and his deceased wife and pioneering female journalist,
Doyinsola.
Speaking during her burial in Lagos, Momodu recalled
visiting Mrs. Doyin, whom he referred to as “Iya Paper.”
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.”
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