Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has been dragged to court and exposed by his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu.
She made several allegations in an affidavit she deposed in support of an originating motion in pursuant to Section 69 of the Child Rights Act, 2003.
She said; “I met Fani-Kayode in 2014 at the peak of my career and we soon fell in love and began living together and had four children, a son aged five and a set of triplets aged three.”
“From the early days of our relationship, the respondent (Fani-Kayode), has always maintained a lifestyle of utter disregard to my feelings. This was evident in the way and manner the respondent assaulted me while pregnant with our first son.”
“The respondent (Fani-Kayode) kicked me severally on my stomach over a petty argument that ensued. It was my friend, Vanessa, who was around at the material time that intervened at the nick of time to save me.”
“I had to leave the respondent’s (Fani-Kayode’s) house a few days after this incident. The respondent (Fani-Kayode) repeated the same act when I was pregnant with triplets. This time, it was my mother and sister, Faith, that intervened.”
“On one occasion, Fani-Kayode and a former Divisional Police Officer of Asokoro Police Station drugged me.”
“However, things soon turned sour as Fani-Kayode began exhibiting signs of paranoia. He accused me of infidelity and on several occasions locked me out of our home at Aso Drive, Asokoro, Abuja.”
“In a bid to spite me, Fani-Kayode have been taking pictures of the children with different women and posting them on social media.”
“I was incarcerated at a hospital for a period of two weeks. I was separated from my six-month-old triplets and a year-old son at the time.”
“He has denied me access to my children for several months. I want the court to compel Fani-Kayode to give me a monthly payment of N3.5m for the upkeep of our four sons.”
“Fani-Kayode currently spends N1.8m on food, toiletries and others on the four children every month while N575,000 is spent monthly on clothing.”
“Fani-Kayode have continued to deny me access to the children in order to compel me to return to the marriage.”