Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine, has responded to criticisms and unfounded statements attributed to him by Reno Omokri and Femi Fani-Kayode, who are ambassador-designates and loyalists of President Bola Tinubu, news.ng reports.
Momodu, in a post on X on Wednesday, stated that he would have chosen to remain silent but preferred to speak out to denounce the perceived bullying from the two individuals.
Momodu questioned the credibility of his critics, citing their previous claims against the president.
He said: “I was going to ignore these two perpetual agents of perfidy, but later decided to respond to them just in case they think they could bully me into silence and submission.
“They both have no credibility whatsoever. Together, they’ve expressed the worst views ever about Bola Tinubu that they will never be able to erase, or clean up, in a million years.”
He claimed that their relationship with the president is nothing more than mere politics, blaming the president for lacking the ability to find people capable of cleaning up the mess created.
He noted, ” The only reason I could adduce for Tinubu’s tolerance of both irritants is desperation and his inability to find better people to do the dirty jobs. The brains of these ones have been configured to say anything and delete immediately.”
The renowned journalist maintained that at no time has he made any false allegation against President Tinubu in the past.
“I have never disparaged Tinubu in my life. I have never called him a murderer. I have never called him a drug baron or addict. I’m intelligent enough not to say what I have no proof of,” he said.
Addressing his critics, he noted that “only morons talk without thinking.”
Maintaining his long-standing criticism of the president, he said, “All I have accused Tinubu of is dictatorship, and I stand by it with my full chest. I oppose tyranny because I once suffered under it. Because of Tinubu, I stopped writing my Pendulum column… out of respect for Yoruba elder statesmen.”
