The bitter war between former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and his estranged wife cum ex-beauty queen, Precious Chikwendu has taken a fresh dimension as the Nigerian Police on Monday, February 14th, 2022 arraigned her at the Federal High Court Abuja.
Precious, we gathered was docked before Justice Inyang Ekwo over an allegation of attempting to murder her estranged husband.
In the case marked, FHCABJ/CR/1/2022 filed by the Commissioner of Police against Ms Chikwendu and three others, the police accused her of attempting to stab Femi Fani-Kayode with a kitchen knife on November 24, 2018, at Asokoro, Abuja.
Precious was docked alongside the three others, Emmanuel Anakan, Prisca Chikwendu and Osakwe Azubuike as 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants respectively, while other are said to be at large.
In the 13-count charge dated and filed on January 7, the defendants were also alleged to have committed offences bordering on cybercrime, intimidation to kill Fani-Kayode by use of Internet, threat to kill one Lauretta in order to cause her to leave her relationship with Fani-Kayode.
They were also alleged to have fabricated false evidence by deposing to series of affidavits that Fani-Kayode physically and sexually assaulted members of his domestic staff in inhuman conduct by causing same to be electronically published in a national daily.
Besides, Precious was accused of using her Facebook page of December 7, 2021 to refer Fani-Kayode as “Mr Short Fuse”.
She was also alleged to have published a false imputation against Fani-Kayode by referring to him as a person who is sexually incapacitated and that he is not the biological father of the four children she had for him as a wife.
However, Alex Ejesieme (SAN), counsel to Precious urged the court to admit the defendants to bail on already existing administrative bail granted them by the police. Justice Ekwo has fixed April 27, 28 and 29, for commencement of trial.
