Precious Chikwendu, ex-beauty queen and estranged wife of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has dragged him to court, demanding full custody of their four sons.
She is also asking the court to compel Fani-Kayode to give her a monthly payment of N3.5m for the upkeep of their four sons
Chikwendu who accused Fani-Kayode of beating her up several times, even when she was pregnant, also accused Fani-Kayode of confining her to a hospital when she attempted to escape.
Chikwendu made the allegations in an affidavit she deposed in support of an originating motion in pursuant to Section 69 of the Child Rights Act, 2003.
According to her, 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 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.
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 their four sons
According to her, 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.
She said Fani-Kayode had continued to deny her access to the children in order to compel her to return to the marriage.
She 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.
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.
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 the jurisdiction to conduct further proceedings.”
