Dear Dele Momodu,
I have NEVER reached out to you privately for reconciliation. NEVER. If you have evidence about that, please publicise it now. I must remind you that, if I am nothing, I am at least a meticulous recordkeeper. I know what you and I have discussed privately, and it serves no one’s interests to expose our discussions publicly. But if you choose to go that route, note that I do not talk without receipts.
The fact is that, except my parents have been insulted, or my wife or children’s lives have been threatened, which for me is unforgivable, I do not harbour malice, unlike you.

The 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. Rather, because of your weight and the fact that you had previously told me you do not spend more than four days in any physical location and are always travelling, despite the negative things you had written and said about me, 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. God forbid, it will NEVER happen to you!
You will recall that the reason I gave you that brotherly counsel is because DVT had led to the sudden death of a dear friend and brother of mine who almost became the Inspector General of Police.
You are overweight, and are a heavy and constant eater. I know that for someone of your size to travel once every four days without aspirin as a blood thinner and anti-platelet agent is a big risk. May God in His mercy spare your life and may you live long.
That you would twist my kind and brotherly gesture out of concern for your health as having “reached out to me, privately, either begging for publicity or apologising for attacking me publicly” is sad. But such is life.
Who are you that I should beg you publicly? On all social media platforms, I command a far greater following than you and your dead magazine, Ovation.
For goodness’ sake, I was listed among the most talked-about people in Africa by Google. You were not even mentioned! Ovation did not feature. I was voted the most influential influencer in Africa by Business Insider, the world’s top business magazine. You were not even acknowledged.
It is me you need, not the other way around. It pains me to have to say this, as it is not my nature to boast. But you can’t put out such and expect me not to respond.
If I were as dishonourable as you, I would repeat some of the things you have told me privately about people you celebrate publicly. But I am not you. I maintain confidences, which is why your boss, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, still talks to me. If I may ask, do President Tinubu, former Governor Wike, and Governor Adeleke still talk to you?
Dele Momodu, you are, sadly, too sensitive for politics. You should have focused on entertainment. You have poor political feelers, and do not know when people are trying to be easy on you because of past friendships.
How, for example, do you expect to insult and attack the President and desire that those who support him will be quiet?
You called the President an economic failure and accused him of being like General Sani Abacha, a murderer and looter, and you say that is not an insult?
And when we speak in measured tones, because you know our capacity and should understand that we were just being easy on you because of the soft spot we have for you, you start getting upset and let your emotions control you.
No. Stay in your lane. Focus on your game as Nigeria’s pioneer hype-man. Entertainment is very different from politics.
If you easily feel offended, then politics is not for you. Do not criticise others. Stick to praising singing celebrities!
How can you fire bullets and expect flowers? Dele Momodu, you are mature in entertainment, but politically immature.
What value do you bring to the Atiku camp or any other political group?
I 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.
The state Chairman of the ruling party from my state, a greatly beloved elder, was with me throughout the process of my confirmation.
In your home state of Edo, who can you count on?
Dele, 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.
Reno Omokri
Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year, 2022. 21st Most Talked About Person in Africa, 2024.
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