Chief Femi Fani Kayode Withdraws his statement about Bianca Ojukwu(READ)

In a week after Bianca Ojukwu endangered a lawsuit over an “intimate connection” comment about her, Nigeria’s ex Aviation Minister,chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has removed his declaration.

In a statement through his lawyer, Rotimi Akinola, on Thursday, Mr. Fani-Kayode acknowledged that he erred by making the commentary but said it was “bizarre, absurd and inexplicable” that the wife of the late Biafran warlord, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, asserted they were not ever acquainted.

“As our client said previous through his press receptionist some of the words he utilised to describe his companionship with Ambassador Ojukwu in his item titled ”A phrase For Those Who Call Me A Tribalist” were indiscreet,” Mr. Fani-Kayode’s solicitor said in the declaration.


“He hereby removes those words,” he supplemented.

report of Mr. Fani-Kayode’s departure of the remarks came just as PREMIUM TIMES learnt that some worried highly put Nigerians were coming to out to both Mr. Fani-Kayode and Mrs. Ojukwu with a outlook to amicably resolving the dissimilarities between them.

One of those who initiated the peace moves but pleaded not to be named said both parties were cooperating with the efforts at reconciling them.

He said the statement by Mr. Fani-Kayode’s lawyer was part of the assesses suggested by the mediators