Sequel to her rejection of his retraction and apology, over a claim
that they were “intimate” , Femi Fani-Kayode has labelled Ambassador
Bianca Okukwu as a shameless liar.
The former Aviation minister who said he would sue Ojukwu for
libelling him, also said he would expose all the details of the affair
in court.
He said: “We wish to state clearly and categorically that not only
did Chief Fani-Kayode know her but he also knew her far better than she
cares to publiclly admit. The precise nature of that relationship will
be explored and exposed in open court.”
Below is the full text
We read the comments of the P.A. to Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu in the Sun
Newspaper of 9th September and in a number of other newspapers where she
expressed the view that the withdrawal of the comments made about her
by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode were ”not enough”. We really do wonder what
Mrs. Ojukwu really wants from Chief Fani-Kayode and what her agenda
really is? Throughout this matter Chief Fani-Kayode has chosen the path
of peace and has attempted to avoid an ugly and public quarrel with
Bianca Ojukwu out of respect to the memory of her late father Chief C.C.
Onoh and the memory of her late husband, Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu .
Consequently he has publiclly apologised to her and the two other
igbo ladies that he mentioned in the said article (namely Miss Chioma
Ansoh and Miss Adaobi Ucgegbu) on two separate occassions, in three
separate national newspapers and online. He has has also publically
withdrawn the words that they found offensive, he has edited the said
article, he has ensured that no newspaper in Nigeria that published it
mentioned their names in the revised version, he has admitted that the
word ”intimate” that was used in the online version of the article was
”indiscreet” and he has bent over backwards to tread the path of peace
and to appease all those concerned. Despite all these efforts Bianca
Ojukwu has refused to be appeased or to let go and she has continued to
peddle the shameless lie that she has never met Chief Fani-Kayode.
This is sad and unfortunate and it is beyond the imagination of
anyone that a serving Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
would so readily and so easily be given to telling such lies. Chief
Fani-Kayode is not comfortable with publiclly joining issues with ladies
when it comes to matters of a private nature such as this because he
was well brought up and he is a gentleman but it is clear that Bianca
Ojukwu is desperate to go to war over this issue and to cover up the
truth about their past. It is also clear that she has constituted
herself into the arrowhead of a group of people that are determined to
use her and this whole unsavoury episode to attempt to distract
attention from the wider and more important issues raised in the essay
and to discredit him.
Since that is the case we welcome whatever action Ojukwu wishes to
take in court and we shall gladly meet her there. We will also be
instigating our own legal proceedings against her in due course for her
barefaced and malicious lies and her consistent claim that she has never
met Chief Fani-Kayode all in an attempt to libel, defame, diminish and
discredit him before the entire world. We wish to state clearly and
categorically that not only did Chief Fani-Kayode know her but he also
knew her far better than she cares to publiclly admit.
The precise nature of that relationship will be explored and exposed
in open court. It is not in the nature of Chief Fani-Kayode to fight
unecessary and distractive battles over flippant matters such as this
but on this occassion he has been compelled to do so simply because he
will do whatever it takes to protect his integrity and establish the
fact that he has told no lie. Since she has continued her shameless
perfidy and wishes to tread the path of deceit and confrontation then so
be it. Finally let it be clearly understood that at no point did Chief
Fani-Kayode lie about the nature of his relationship with Ojukwu.
However he did not feel that it was appropiate or necessary to share the
details of that relationship with the public because he felt that such
matters were strictly private.
The fact that she mistook his mature exercise of restraint and
discretion, even when provoked and insulted, his desire for peace and
his gentlemanly nature for weakness is not only unfortunate but also a
grave miscalculation on her part. Once again we reiterate the fact that
we counsel Ojukwu to take whatever course of action she pleases and we
welcome this opportunity to expose her for what she is. The matter has
been referred to our lawyers for final preparation. They will prepare a
vigorous defence to Ojukwu’s absurd allegations and they will also
determine our next line of action against her”- Mr. Tosin Emmanuel, p.a.
to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode.
Culled from Pointblanknews.com
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