Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
on Monday filed a suit at an Ikeja High Court, seeking to stop the wedding of
her son, Olujonwo Obasanjo, scheduled for May 11.
Ex-President Obasanjo and the
father of the bride, Sir Kessington Adebutu, promoter of Premier Lotto known as
“Baba Ijebu” are respondents to the suit.
Mrs Obasanjo, who is the twin
sister of Chief Kenny Martins, the former Coordinator of the Police Equipment
Fund, is seeking a postponement of the wedding of her son, Olujonwo to Tope
Adebutu scheduled for May 11 and May 12.
She wants the wedding to be fixed
for a date after June 1.
NAN reports that Olujonwo and Tope
had an elaborate introduction on Dec. 17, 2016 with the social media awash with
photographs of the event.
Obasanjo, among others, is seeking
a court declaration that as the mother of the groom, she had the rights to take
part in the deliberations, decisions and activities leading to the forthcoming
ceremony.
According to her, wedding
invitations have been sent out and she has been excluded from the preparations
for the ceremonies.
She said she also received
prophesies and warnings from men of God to the effect that Olujonwo, her son
who turns 34 on June 1, should not do or be involved in any elaborate
celebration before his birthday.
The woman wants the court to
compel Adebutu and Obasanjo to shift the wedding to a date after June 1 after
she had appealed to Adebutu and Mrs Rosemary Dacosta, the mother of the
bride, Tope Adebutu, the bride-to-be as well as Chief Kenny Martins.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Justice Lateefa Okunnu has fixed April 10 for hearing of the
suit no. ID/262FPM/2017.
(NAN)
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