Femi Fani-Kayode, the ex-minister of aviation, has asked the
court to dismiss the N800m suit filed against him by Precious Chikwendu, his
estranged wife.
Fani-Kayode and Chikwendu’s marriage hit the rocks in 2020
over the former’s domestic violence claim and the latter’s counter-claim of
infidelity.
They have since been in a heated legal tussle for the
custody of their four children.
Chikwendu earlier filed a suit at a federal high court in
Abuja seeking the enforcement of her rights.
In the suit filed against five respondents including
Fani-Kayode, the former beauty queen demanded N800 million as damages for the
alleged role the respondents played in “intimidating and harassing” her during
the pendency of her custody suit.
Fani-Kayode, however, filed a counter-affidavit dated
October 26 in response to the claims Chikwendu made in her suit.
The ex-minister dismissed the claim that he “violently”
separated Chikwendu from their children.
Fani-Kayode instead alleged that the former beauty never
extended maternal care to their children as she had a “medical condition that
deprived her of any filial bond with them”.
The former minister also claimed his estranged wife refused
to breastfeed their kids on account of “preserving her body shape”.
“It is not surprising that Ms. Precious Chikwendu is capable
of such reckless abandonment,” the ex-minister said in the suit.
“Whilst she was with me in the house afore-described, she
employed 12 in-house nannies to cater for the children, excluding supervisors
and nurses who equally attend to them.
“The Applicant did
not at any time extend maternal care to the children, for the reason that she
had a medical condition which deprived her of any filial bond with them.
“She deprived the children of the natural sucks or breast
milk, also on account of the need to preserve her body shape, coupled with a
contrived medical condition which she claimed would not permit her to
breastfeed them.”
Fani-Kayode further claimed that Chikwendu threatened to
“kill” him and their kids unprovoked, and put their life at risk with her
“un-repented sexual escapades”.
He alleged that she had an affair with a naval officer who
accused her of misleading him by claiming she was single.
On this basis, Fani-Kayode asked the court to dismiss
Chikwendu’s suit, which he described as “lacking in merit”.
“I know that the instant suit is nothing but a smokescreen
intended to avoid the long arms of justice and to malign me. There is no merit
whatsoever in this suit, which was filed in abuse of court and judicial
process,” he added.
“It is in the interest of justice to dismiss this suit for
lacking in merit.”
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