Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused him of exposing their four children to indecent women.
Chikwendu also alleged that their children are being deprived of proper care.
Fani-Kayode and Chikwendu’s marriage crashed in 2020, following the latter’s allegation of domestic violence, with the ex-minister also accusing her of infidelity.
Subsequently, the pair have been involved in a tussle over the custody of their children; Aragorn, Ragnar, Aiden, and Liam.
In March, Chikwendu had approached a high court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to seek custody of her children, with the court ruling in her favour.
Fani-Kayode had faulted the ruling of the court and approached a Federal Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge the judgment of the high court.
In his motion of appeal, he had argued that the high court lacked the jurisdiction and also denied him fair hearing in the case.
According to TheCable, Chikwendu reacting to Fani-Kayode’s appeal in a court document sighted by it, argued that he is not fit to be in custody of the their children.
She claimed that the former minister travels a lot and he is not always available to attend to their children.
Chikwendu further alleged that she had received reports that her children are being subjected to alleged “inhuman treatment” by the women taking care of them.
“That my children have been exposed to various women of all sorts as the appellant displays different women before my children in awkward and uncompromising positions thus exposing them to indecency,” she said in her motion of appeal.
“That within this period of my absence, I have received reports of severe, brutish and inhuman treatment meted to them by various women whom the appellant has allowed access to them.
“That my children are of very tender age and need adequate attention from their mother and sound moral upbringing.
“That I am worried about my children’s education status as my first son was stopped from going to school since August 2020 and the triplets who are due for school are not in school or given an education access.
“That I am in the position to understand my four children and cater for them better as the appellant is always busy and does not have the adequate time required to nurture my four children.”
She also prayed the court to grant her interim access to her children pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.
Chikwendu alleged that should there be further delay in granting her application, the former minister, “may make good his threat of relocating my four children out of the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court and/or out of Nigeria to a location in which I will be denied a chance of ever seeing them again.”
