An FCT Family Court sitting at the Magistrate District, Wuse
Zone II, Abuja, has restrained Precious Chikwendu, from making comments that
could lead to the identification of children whose custody issues have been
submitted before it for determination.
Chikwendu is the former wife of ex-Minister of Aviation,
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, the applicant in the matter.
The presiding judge, Njideka Duru, gave the order following
an ex-parte motion moved by the applicant’s counsel, Adeola Adedipe, to the
effect.
The judge, thereafter, granted the order of interim
injunction restraining Chikwendu “from publishing the names, address, school,
photographs or making any comment, presenting any speech or paper whether at a
public gathering or during a programme described as ‘Green Shift’ (Apostolic
Roundtables) slated for Feb. 24.”
She also granted the order restraining the ex-wife from
commenting “on any social media platform of any information likely to lead to
the identification of any of the children whose custody issues have been
submitted to this court for determination, pending the determination of the
motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.”
Adedipe, in the motion ex-parte marked: MN/05/2022 filed on
Feb. 14 on behalf of Fani-Kayode, prayed the court for four orders, which
include “an order granting leave to the applicant, to amend the originating
process filed in this case.”
He sought for an order of substituted service on the
respondent of the amended originating motion, motion on notice for interlocutory
injunction and hearing notice.
The lawyer also sought for an order setting down for hearing
in camera, the conduct of any or all proceedings in this case, in the best
interest of the children involved; to preserve their respective rights to
dignity and privacy.
He also asked the court for an order of interim injunction
stopping Chikwendu or associates from making presentations at any public
gathering or social media platform of the broken relationship.
The judge, who granted the orders for substituted service
and to amend the originating process, also granted reliefs 1, 2, 3 and 4(b) of
the application.
She adjourned the matter until March 24 for hearing.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Chikwendu, an
ex-beauty queen, was on Feb. 14, docked before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal
High Court (FHC), Abuja for the attempted murder of her former husband,
Fani-Kayode.
Though pleaded not guilty in the charge number:
FHCABJ/CR/1/2022 filed by the FCT Commissioner of Police against her and three
others, the ex-wife was alleged to have attempted to stab Fani-Kayode with a
kitchen knife on Nov. 24, 2018, at Asokoro, within the court jurisdiction.
Prosecuting counsel, John Ijagbemi, had also told the
newsmen that the complainant planned to amend the charge to include an attempt
by Chikwendu to kill the four children she had for the ex-minister going by the
facts available to the police.
Justice Ekwo had fixed April 27 for the trial.
Chikwendu, who was accused of infidelity by the former
minister, was also said to have withdrawn various civil cases filed against
Fani-Kayode.
Although the duo had parted ways, the former minister said
Chikwendu had always been given access to her children under closed supervision
due to her alleged mental challenges which could result in hurting the
children.
The former minister had also alleged that Chikwendu stopped
calling the children on the telephone for about seven months now contrary to
her habit in the past.
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