Fani-Kayode beat me even during pregnancy, says ex-wife
Afnews Editor
Mar 05, 2021
A former beauty pageant has accused her ex-husband and former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, of beating her up at several times including when she was pregnant.
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The ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu, further accused Fani-Kayode of confining her to a hospital when she attempted to escape.
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Chikwendu subsequently demanded for full custody of their four sons.
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The former beauty queen made the allegations in an affidavit she deposed to in support of an originating motion brought pursuant to Section 69 of the Child's Rights Act, 2003.
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She said she met Fani-Kayode in 2014 at the peak of her career and they soon fell in love and began living together and had four children, a son age five and a set of triplets age three.
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The former beauty queen said, "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.
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"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.ÔÇØ
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Chikwendu said on one occasion, Fani-Kayode and a former Divisional Police Officer of Asokoro Police Station drugged her.
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She said the ex-minister and her soon became companions and began living together. She, however, said things soon turned sour as Fani-Kayode began exhibiting signs of paranoia.
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The ex-beauty pageant alleged that the former minister accused her of infidelity and on several occasions locked her out of their home located on Aso Drive, Asokoro, Abuja.
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Chikwendu said, "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.ÔÇØ
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Chikwendu, who alleged that the ex-minister had denied her access to her children for several months, asked the court to compel Fani-Kayode to give her a monthly payment of N3.5m for the upkeep of the four sons.
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According to Chikwendu, 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.
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She said Fani-Kayode has continued to deny her access to the children in order to compel her to return to the marriage.
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The ex-beauty pageant alleged that in a bid to spite her, Fani-Kayode had been taking pictures of the children with different women and posting them on social media.
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In a response filed by one Oluwafemi Popoola on behalf of Fani-Kayode, the ex-minister said he had not been properly served with the court processes and hence could not respond appropriately.
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The affidavit Popoola deposed to read in part, "Except there is service or proper service of the originating processes filed in this case on the respondent/applicant, this honourable court will lack jurisdiction to conduct further proceedings.ÔÇØ
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