Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, has prayed to the Abuja judicial division of the federal court of appeal to grant her custody of her four children.
Fani-Kayode and Chikwendu’s marriage hit the rock in 2020 over her domestic violence claim and the ex-minister’s counter-claim of infidelity.
They have been in a heated tussle for the custody of their children — Aragorn, Ragnar, Aiden, and Liam — since the marriage crashed.
In March, Chikwendu had approached a high court sitting in the federal capital territory (FCT) to seek custody of her children.
In a recent appeal, the mother of four faulted the ruling of the court — delivered by Sylvanus Oriji, the judge — on the case.
In her motion of appeal, a copy of which was obtained by TheCable Lifestyle, Chikwendu said the high court “denied her right to fair hearing and acted without jurisdiction.”
She also submitted an affidavit, dated June 25, before the court wherein she gave details of what transpired between her and the former minister.
Chikwendu claimed that Fani-Kayode is exposing her four children to various kinds of women, arguing that such is inimical to them as kids.
She also alleged that she had received reports that her children are being subjected to alleged “inhuman treatment” by the women taking care of them.
Buttressing her point, Chikwendu prayed the court to grant her custody of the children, claiming the former minister is not always available to attend to 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.”
In one of the court documents, dated June 28, she also prayed the court to grant her interim access to her children pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.
