The controversy between BIANCA OJUKWU, the wife of the dead Igbo
warlord Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu and FEMI FANI KAYODE is
looming higher with ease.
What is the issue at stake?
The whole conflict started following an article released publicly in
the national dailies and online by FEMI FANI KAYODE, that he had an
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with BIANCA OJUKWU.
AFTER a while KAYODE, WITHDREW THE CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLE and also
withdrew and tendered a PUBLIC APPOLOGY for all the offensive
statements against, her excellency, the ambassador, MRS. BIANCA
OJUKWU...
Being unsatisfied by the appology, Mrs OJUKWU through a statement from
her P. A has decided to head for the court. FFK has also issued his
own statement in response indicating his readiness for the legal
proceedings, threatning to reveal all the secrets of that relationship
in the law court.
Read the two statements below:
A STATEMENT FROM AMBASSADOR BIANCA OJUKWU via her P. A
"The attention of Her Excellency, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu has been
drawn to a statement purportedly issued by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
through one Mr Akinola Babatunde Rotimi and published in the Daily Sun
and ThisDay Newspapers of September 6, 2013.The phantom claim in the
said statement that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Ambassador Bianca
Ojukwu were once good friends to the knowledge of mutual friends who
are still alive is not only false, baseless and typical, but a further
attempt by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode to create the impression of a
connection between himself and Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu.
"Whilst it is important to reiterate that Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu has
never met Chief Femi Kayode and does not know him in person, it is
pertinent to note that the statement issued through Mr Akinola
Babatunde Rotimi, falls far short of an apology and retraction of
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode's false and libelous outbursts and is merely a
desperate attempt to lend credence to fabrications, which he seeks to
present as reality with intent to gloss over the very serious issues
arising from the reckless publication.
"In the circumstances, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu is left with no option
than to leave the matter in the hands of her lawyers."
...an excerpt from FEMI FANI KAYODE'S STATEMENT...
"...Since that is the case we welcome whatever action Ojukwu wishes to
take in court and we shall gladly meet her there. We will also be
instigating our own legal proceedings against her in due course for
her barefaced and malicious lies and her consistent claim that she has
never met Chief Fani-Kayode all in an attempt to libel, defame,
diminish and discredit him before the entire world. We wish to state
clearly and categorically that not only did Chief Fani-Kayode know her
but he also knew her far better than she cares to publiclly admit. The
precise nature of that relationship will be explored and exposed in
open court. It is not in the nature of Chief Fani-Kayode to fight
unecessary and distractive battles over flippant matters such as this
but on this occassion he has been compelled to do so simply because he
will do whatever it takes to protect his integrity and establish the
fact that he has told no lie. Since she has continued her shameless
perfidy and wishes to tread the path of deceit and confrontation then
so be it. Finally let it be clearly understood that at no point did
Chief Fani-Kayode lie about the nature of his relationship with
Ojukwu. However he did not feel that it was appropiate or necessary to
share the details of that relationship with the public because he felt
that such matters were strictly private. The fact that she mistook his
mature exercise of restraint and discretion, even when provoked and
insulted, his desire for peace and his gentlemanly nature for weakness
is not only unfortunate but also a grave miscalculation on her part.
Once again we reiterate the fact that we counsel Ojukwu to take
whatever course of action she pleases and we welcome this opportunity
to expose her for what she is. The matter has been referred to our
lawyers for final preparation. They will prepare a vigorous defence to
Ojukwu's absurd allegations and they will also determine our next line
of action against her''
- Mr. Tosin Emmanuel,
p.a. to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode