Ex-Wife to Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu was in Monday arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court of Abuja for attempted murder.
Ms Chikwendu was alleged to have attempted to kill the former husband with a kitchen knife some time in November 2018.
In a case marked FHCABJ/CR/1/2022 filed by the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), against Ms Chikwendu and three others namely; Emmanuel Anakan, Prisca Chikwendu, and Osakwe Azubuike as 1st, 3rd, and 4th defendants respectively, the accused persons were was said to have attempted to stab Fani-Kayode.
The charge dated January 7, 2022, alleged that Ms previous and other accused persons also committed offences bordering on cybercrime, intimidation to kill Fani-Kayode by use of the Internet, threat to kill one Lauretta in order to cause her to leave her relationship with Fani-Kayode.
Ms. Precious was also accused of using her Facebook page to defame and harass her ex husband one of which she called him “Mr Short fuse” on the 7th of December, 2021.
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She was also accused of publishing false stories about her former husband, “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”.
The defendants how ever pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Alex Ejesieme, SAN, counsel to the ex-wife (2nd defendant), urged the court to admit the defendants to bail based on the earlier administrative bail granted them by the police.
“Did you give them administrative bail?” the judge asked.
“Yes, we did my lord, with two sureties,” Ijagbemi responded.
Justice Ekwo, who fixed April 27, April 28 and April 29 for trial commencement, ordered the defendants to continue on the terms of administrative bail earlier granted.
He directed the prosecution to submit all particulars of the defendants to the court registrar.
