Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fan-kayode, on Thursday, threatened to sue a popular blogger, Stella Dimokorkus, over allegation that he ( Fani-kayode) has separated with his wife, Precious Chikwendu.
The blogger had 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 written by Mr. Adeola Adedipe MCIArb, Fani-kayode’s lawyer, which was made available to TheNigeriaLawyer (TNL), he denied the allegations and demanded N2bn for denting his image.
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 denies all the allegations “as he points that they are not only spurious, but they have been maliciously engineered. He is more particularly disturbed about your rendition, which insults the sensibilities of unsuspecting lovers of your blog, across the world.”
For example, it was noted that it was published that his wife “moved out, the former Minister took back the car gift and all the goodies he ever bought for her whilst they were married and has left her broke, penniless and begging for money to survive as her accounts were seized as well”.
He also said that of utmost “concern also, is the public invitation to debate on the paternity of his sons(triplets). These are innocent children, who are yet to discern good from evil but have been made to become the focus of public spectacle and ridicule. Apart from the fact that these claims are completely false”, it was also added that “they are not fair comments , by any known standard of third party expressions.”
“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 sufferers 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.”
