Abdulmumuni Abiola, one of the sons of the late Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist, Moshood Abiola, has revealed that his father bequeathed £650,000 to his first four wives.

In a recent episode of the “Mic On Podcast” hosted by Channels TV presenter Seun Okinbaloye, Abdulmumuni shared details from his father’s will. The document specifies that Abiola’s first wife, Simbiat, received £300,000; the second wife, Kudirat, £150,000; the third wife, Moriamo, £100,000; and the fourth, Idiat, £100,000.

Abdulmumuni, son of Kudirat Abiola, accused his older brother, Kola, of withholding his and his sisters’ rightful inheritance. He noted that the family had conducted DNA tests to determine the legitimate children entitled to Abiola’s estate.

When asked about the struggles faced by some of Abiola’s children despite his immense wealth, Abdulmumuni explained that Kola had exploited British law to prevent the release of funds intended for his mother’s side of the family. He also alleged that Kola had sold his mother’s UK apartment without informing or benefiting the other children.

“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,” he said.

“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.”

He revealed that after their parents’ deaths, Kola claimed that British law prevented the release of their mother’s share because she had passed before their father.

Abdulmumuni contested this reasoning, pointing out that Kola, who was responsible for distributing the estate, sold their mother’s UK apartment without informing the rest of the family.

Reflecting on their hardships, Abdulmumuni recounted how he and his siblings faced difficulties growing up in the UK. His sister had to braid hair for locals to make ends meet, and another sister travelled to American universities to give speeches, earning small sums.

He voiced his disappointment in Kola, accusing him of deliberately neglecting their side of the family while other wives received their inheritances.

“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. Hafsah was making speeches at universities at, like 20, had to fly across America, just to make $100, $200,” he lamented.

Moshood Abiola, a prominent businessman, won Nigeria’s 1993 presidential election, which was later annulled by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

He was imprisoned after declaring himself president and died in detention in 1998. In 2018, former President Muhammadu Buhari honoured Abiola posthumously by moving Nigeria’s Democracy Day to June 12 and awarding him the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the country’s highest national honour.