Fani-Kayode: Ex-wife demands ₦800m in court

By Dayo Badmus, 

Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of controversial former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode is seeking  the enforcement of her fundamental rights.

Precious claimed that she is fearful of her life, alleging that Fani-Kayode had been bragging that he could do anything to her and nothing would happen.

Chikwendu, in a suit filed through her team of lawyers led by Abdul-Aziz Jimoh, listed Inspector-General of Police, the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Force CID, Commissioner of Police FCT, and the OC Legal (CID) FCT Command, CSP James Idachaba, as respondents in the matter.

She told the court that in spite of several petitions she wrote to the 1st Respondent (IGP) alleging threats to her life by the 5th Respondent, he refused to act on the petitions.

Chikwendu, however, prayed the court to restrain Fani-Kayode from using the other respondents to intimidate or harass her in any form whatsoever.

She equally prayed the court to award her the sum of N800million, to be paid by the Respondents, jointly and severally.

The plaintiff said she was demanding the said amount because of the role of the respondents in intimidating and harassing her during the pendency of her custody suit.

In an affidavit in support of the application, Chikwendu averred that “I was in a most tempestuous and violent relationship with the 5th respondent (Fani-Kayode), a qualified legal practitioner, a politician and a former Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the court document read.

“The 5th respondent and I have four (4) children together and I am forcefully separated from our children who are all minors.

“Consequent upon the unbridled violence perpetrated against me by the 5th respondent and the forceful separation from our children, I filled a suit in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with suit no CV/372/2021.”