After two years of altercation, the estranged wife of Femi Fani-Kayode, the former Minister of Aviation, Precious Chikwendu, has reunited with husband and children.
Ms Chikwendu, who petitioned the United Nations (UN), Amnesty International, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), seeking justice and custody of her children, finally gained access to them on Sunday.
In December 2021, Chikwendu lamented that her ex-husband frustrated all attempts to see her kids over the past year.
Ms Chikwendu, who petitioned the United Nations (UN), Amnesty International, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), seeking justice and custody of her children, finally gained access to them on Sunday.
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“The children are with him, I haven’t seen them since August 2nd, 2020.
“Yes, since August 2, 2020, I haven’t seen my children and I’ve been physically prevented from seeing them,” she said.
Responding to the accusation, FFK countered his ex-wife noting she had been granted access to the kids for over 17 months but has willfully refused to visit them.
“Their mother has been given access to see them in the house for the last one year and five months but she has refused to do so”, he said.
The mother-of-four appreciated her estranged partner for allowing her to reunite with her children after a lengthy custody battle.
She also shared photos of fun moments with her children.
“That is all that it is currently, but I believe their Father has a change of mind and is working out a process for peaceful co-parenting as wars always have a long-lasting effect on both parties regardless. Please be patient with me as I am basking in this little joy and win for a little longer and soaking it all in as I figure a way to put all issues to rest without drama.
“Thank you all so very much for the messages and well wishes. Thanks to my concerned elders. Their Father (through his aides) and some good people around him are in talks to see that my children grow up having balanced love and affection from both sides. I hope this leads to an end in media wars and a peaceful co-parenting as we move on to achieve our various destinies apart,’’ her post read.
Mr Fani-Kayode equally shared a video to show they may have settled their differences regarding co-parenting.
“My sons spent the day with their mother yesterday! What a beautiful sight it was! Love, peace, and joy all around! Thanks be to God. @snowhiteey, Thanks Mama Aragorn,” he wrote.
Recall that Customary Court at Kubwa in Abuja had, on December 8, 2021 ordered Mr Fani-Kayode to allow Ms Chikwendu access to their four sons at a neutral ground during the Christmas and New Year periods.
Ms Chikwendu accused Fani-Kayode of defying a court order granting her access to their four sons.
She said he failed to produce their children at the agreed venue as earlier ordered by a court.
Ms Chikwendu chose Central Park, Abuja, as the venue for the visitations because of the alleged traumatic experiences at Fani-Kayode’s residence, where the four children currently reside.
However, counsel to the former minister, Ayodeji Ibikunle, also debunked her claims and absolved his client of any wrongdoing.
Ms Chikwendu told a Customary Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, that FFK never consummated his six-year relationship with her because he allegedly had erectile dysfunction.
The mother-of-four said her relationship with Mr Fani-Kayode, her former “estranged cohabiter,” was full of “woes, lies, deceits, quarrels, assaults, battery, and domestic violence, adding that she walked out from the marriage August 2020.
