1995
The Beginning of His Political Exile.
In July,
Dele was returning from Abeokuta and met his wife on the way, who informed
him not to go home as four hefty men had earlier being to their house
to warn him to disappear, as Abacha (late Nigerian military dictator)
was on the hunt for him.
On July 26, dressed as a farmer, Dele escaped through
the bush into Cotonou Togo, then Ghana and finally to the UK.
His wife
and their first son later joined him and they were all housed by his friend
Gbenga Olunloyo (a.k.a.Capo).
Things were so difficult for the Momodus that even when they got their
first apartment in London, they could not afford to buy beddings, cutleries
and other household items. It was the present Governor of Lagos State,
Bola Tinubu who was also in exile at that time that gave him £500.