{"id":197113,"date":"2026-03-19T19:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:58:27","slug":"fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics","title":{"rendered":"Fani-Kayode Omokri Attack Dele Momodu Over Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, and ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, have slammed Ovation Magazine publisher Dele Momodu over his recent statements about them.<\/p>\n<p>Momodu had in a lengthy post on X on Thursday, alleged that Fani-Kayode was preparing a \u201cPlan B\u201d in case he did not get a political appointment from President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Momodu further claimed that Fani-Kayode was seeking support from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar through intermediaries, describing him as a \u201cfish out of water\u201d when not in power.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting via his X handle, Fani-Kayode lashed out, calling Momodu \u201cTHE PIMP\u201d and saying he had \u201cblown another gasket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDele Momodu has got his knickers in a twist yet again. Poor soul. He is clearly tormented. There is nothing worse than watching a man that comes from a lineage of touts and pimps blowing his gasket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe calls me a thug, speaks about my father and family, and claims that I wanted to work with Atiku even though I left PDP in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what you say about me, I was born into the corridors of power, have been in power, and have remained relevant and active in the power configuration of our country for over 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized Momodu\u2019s career and family background, stating:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I know about you is that you were once a journalist, you followed Chief MKO Abiola around like a court jester and collected crumbs from him for much of your life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou became a hustler and a photographer after he was incarcerated and you ran for President a number of years back and got only one vote which came from your wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutside of this, I do not have your time. I have been called to serve my country once again and that is where my focus lies. The only thing that matters is Nigeria, and creatures like you and those you represent do not ever get near power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post, Reno Omokri also criticized Momodu, describing him as \u201ctoo immature for politics\u201d and urging him to focus on entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri referenced past interactions with Momodu, saying, \u201cI have NEVER reached out to you privately for reconciliation. NEVER. If you have evidence about that, please publicize it now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time you and I had an exchange, I did not reach out to you privately to arrange a settlement or ask for publicity, as you claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather, I called you to warn you to always travel with aspirin or any other blood thinner to avoid sudden death syndrome, which can result from Deep Vein Thrombosis, caused by frequent air flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was nominated as an Ambassador by President Tinubu and my State Governor, and the three Senators from my state, as well as the Federal cabinet minister from Delta, all united and publicly associated with me and supported me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDele, you should focus on hyping fading Big Brother contestants and leave politics to those with a thick enough skin to take barbs and give back in good measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, and ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, have slammed Ovation Magazine publisher Dele Momodu over his recent statements about them. Momodu had in a lengthy post on X on Thursday, alleged that Fani-Kayode was preparing a \u201cPlan B\u201d in case he did not get a political appointment from President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fani-Kayode Omokri Attack Dele Momodu Over Politics - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, and ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, have slammed Ovation Magazine publish ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fani-Kayode Omokri Attack Dele Momodu Over Politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, and ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, have slammed Ovation Magazine publish ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T18:48:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T19:58:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1773950227.519565.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fani-Kayode Omokri Attack Dele Momodu Over Politics\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-19T18:48:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T19:58:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics\"},\"wordCount\":519,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1773950227.519565.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-omokri-attack-dele-momodu-over-politics\",\"name\":\"Fani-Kayode Omokri Attack Dele Momodu Over Politics - 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