Unbelievable Reason Why Taiwo Obasanjo Files Lawsuit to Stop Son’s Wedding

Taiwo Obasanjo, one of the wives of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday filed a suit at an Ikeja high court, seeking to stop the wedding of their son, Olujonwo, scheduled for May 11 and 12, 2017.

Obasanjo and the father of the bride, Kessington Adebutu, (promoter of premier lotto known as ‘Baba Ijebu’) are respondents to the suit. Taiwo is seeking a postponement of the wedding of her son. She wants the wedding to be fixed for a date after June 1.

According to Punch, Mrs. Obasanjo, who is the twin sister of Chief Kenny Martins, the former Coordinator of the Police Equipment Fund, is seeking a court declaration that as the mother of the groom, she has parental 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.

She said her actions are being taken to avoid any impending calamity.

Olujonwo and Tope Adebutu, had an elaborate introduction on December 17, 2016 with the social media buzzing with pictures from the event (read here).

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 his wife, Rosemary Dacosta, the mother of the bride, Tope , the bride-to-be as well as Chief Kenny Martins.

She also claimed to have resorted to filing the suit after her plea to Adebutu, and his wife was ignored.

Mrs. Obasanjo said her pleas fell on deaf ears and she was instead, insulted by members of the family.

Justice Lateefa Okunnu then fixed April 10 for hearing of the suit no. ID/262FPM/2017.

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