The romance gone sour between Adaobi Alagwu and Tunde Ayeni has recorded several back-and-forths.
The most recent being an interview granted by Ayeni to Thisday Newspapers titled: “I Regret Ever Meeting Adaobi Alagwu”.
In a reaction to the publication, Alagwu described the publication as false, malicious, defamatory, and a distraction from the central issues.
Speaking through her lawyers, Indemnity Partners, led by Chief B. C. Igwilo (SAN), she reiterated that she was tricked into a purported customary marriage by Ayeni, stating that the relationship began on the understanding that the ex-chairman of now defunct Skye Bank was married under customary law and therefore could legally take another wife.
Tunde Ayeni and Adaobi Alagwu
Alagwu stated that Ayeni personally arranged and paid for a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) paternity test abroad, which was confirmed with 99.9999 per cent certainty that he is the biological father of her child.
“Without doubt, our client and Dr. Tunde Ayeni went out as consenting adults, premised primarily on the misrepresentation by Dr. Ayeni of his true marital status.
“He had represented to our client that he was married under customary law and therefore could also marry her without legal fetters,” part of the letter stated.
However, the letter claimed that Ayeni later turned hostile towards Alagwu and her family, “launching a campaign of public antagonism without provocation.”
“Our unsuspecting client was therefore later tricked into a purported customary marriage with Dr. Ayeni. This relationship begot Baby Ayeni, who was named by Dr. Ayeni with all her given names. Dr. Ayeni is also recorded as the baby’s father in her international passport and official birth records.
“In the course of time, Dr. Ayeni personally sponsored a DNA paternity test abroad, and the report was 99.9999 per cent certainty. Further, Dr. Ayeni was later to develop intense public antagonism towards our client and her family, often spewing verbiage, without reaction in kind by our client,” the letter to THISDAY said.
Alagwu, in the letter by her lawyers, maintained that the allegation that she tampered with the DNA process by hacking into Ayeni’s wife’s email was absurd.
“The interview was clearly designed to ridicule, defame, and destroy the reputation of our client,” the letter stated.
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