Stories of the arrest and detention an Abuja lady, Adaobi Alagwu for invading and breaking into Ayeni’s private property of billionaire business magnate, Tunde Ayeni surfaced in the media days back. According to the reports, the business has equally written the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to void any international passport presented by Adaobi Alagwu and her child, bearing his name. This is the height so far, of the paternity mess Ayeni has been dragged into by Adaobi – that has dragged on for a while now.
Declaring the passports held by Adaobi and her daughter Omoraise (whom she insisted Ayeni fathered) illegitimate, the businessman, speaking through his lawyer, Dele Adesina (SAN) established that neither Alagwu nor her daughter is entitled to the use of his name on travel documents as he has no familial relationship with them.
Ayeni disclosed this by copying the NIS, a “Cease and Desist” legal notice he sent to Alagwu. The letter titled, “Withdrawal of Consent for Use of the Family Name ‘Ayeni’ With Respect To Your Daughter Omarosa” established that Ayeni has no blood relationship with.
Ayeni’s recent step was informed by Alagwu’s frantic resort to adopting his name on her daughter’s international passport even after a DNA test had established that she isn’t Ayeni’s child. The billionaire has got the backing of his wife of many years, Biola in the battle against Adaobi.
Alagwu had publicly pronounced Ayeni as the father of her lovechild and adopted his name for the latter, but the billionaire magnate decisively squashed her plot, particularly the illegitimate adoption of his name by her and her daughter.
As regards what led to her invitation in January by the police in FCT. She allegedly entered illegally, into one of Ayeni’s properties formerly occupied by her, and of which she had surrendered possession over six months prior. Her reasons for the unauthorised entry was not acceptable to Ayeni, which necessitated the report of the incidence at the Wuse 2 Police Station, Abuja.
Alagwu was subsequently invited to the police station to answer to the allegations against her. In response, she claimed that she never visited the property but sent one of her aides to pick up her air conditioner from the building.
In the presence of the DPO, Ayeni who joined the meeting via a phone call, warned Alagwu to keep away from his property and his family. He urged the police to do their job and give the matter definite closure.
Through Ayeni’s submissions, Alagwu tried to talk over him; this eventually irked the police chief and he ordered that Alagwu be detained behind the counter until she calmed and displayed decorum. The recent incident follows Alagwu’s desperate attempt to wreck Ayeni’s home by pronouncing him the father of her daughter and adopting his name for the said child.
Subsequently, Ayeni’s lawyers wrote to Alagwu. In a letter titled: WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT FOR USE OF THE FAMILY NAME ‘AYENI’ WITH RESPECT TO YOUR DAUGHTER OMAROSA, they wrote, “We act as solicitors to Dr. J. O. Ayeni and Mrs. Abiola Ayeni both of No.…..( address withheld )F.C.T Abuja, hereinafter referred to as ‘our clients’ and on whose firm instructions we write you this ‘CEASE and DESIST’ letter. You may recall an earlier letter we had written to you regarding the relationship between your goodself and our client dated the 30th of June 2023.”
Continuing the letter read, “We would like to refer to an incident that took place sometimes in the month of January this year at 36 Birao Streetwhere you illegally entered into one of our properties formerly occupied by you of which you had surrendered possession over six months prior. Your reasons for the unauthorized entry was not acceptable to our clients which necessitated the report of the incidence which they authorized to be made at the Wuse 2 Police Station, Abuja.