Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has parted ways with his ex beauty queen wife, Precious Chikwendu, with whom he has four sons with.
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has parted ways with his ex beauty queen wife, Precious Chikwendu, with whom he has four sons with.
However, Fani-Kayode has written a pre-litigation letter to blogger, Stella Dimoko Korkus who broke the story by demanding N2bn from her for her style of reporting which he considers libelous.
The blogger had in a report attributed the separation to domestic violence and alleged that the triplet sons may not have been fathered by Fani-Kayode as they were conceived through IVF and Chikwendu had demanded a DNA test.
In a letter signed by his lawyer, Mr. Adeola Adedipe, dated September 16, 2020, the former minister described the report as preposterous. The letter titled, ‘Defamation of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode- Re: Femi Fani-Kayode and Precious Chikwendu Part Ways Over Alleged Domestic Violence’, stated that the allegations were spurious and maliciously engineered.
The former minister said he was disturbed about the manner in which the report was written which insults the sensibilities of unsuspecting readers. He denied allegations that he retrieved the car he bought for his estranged wife and had left her broke.
Fani-Kayode said it was saddening that his innocent little children could be dragged into such a report, subjecting them to ridicule. The letter further read, “Our client is aggrieved and has instructed us to draw your attention to these libelous breaches of his person and family. By this publication, our client has received denigrating phone calls and messages across the globe by virtue of which he now suffers immeasurable loss of goodwill.
“However, he is inclined to draw a curtain over the wild and spurious claims if you retract the allegations on the same platform they were published and consequently apologise to him in two other national dailies. You are also advised to enter into negotiations with us for the sum of two billion naira only being a token amount for penitence. Please bear in mind that you have 14 days from receipt of this letter to comply with the highlighted mitigating measures, the failure of which will leave our client with no preferred alternative than to seek redress in court.”
Fani-Kayode and Chikwendu, who is a former Miss Valentine and Miss United Nations World, became an item around 2015 and subsequently welcomed a son in 2016. In 2018, they welcomed a set of triplet boys.
Femi Fani-Kayode was previously married thrice to Saratu Attah his first wife whom he married in 1987 and divorced in 1990; Yemisi Wada his second wife whom he married in 1991 and divorced in 1995 and Regina Patience Amonoo, a Ghanaian, whom he remarried in 1997. The marriage was short-lived marriage.
