LAGOS—AFTER receiving prophesies and
warnings from men of God to the effect that her son should not do or be
involved in any elaborate celebration before his birthday, Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo,
wife of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, filed a suit at
an Ikeja High Court, seeking to stop the wedding of her son, Olujonwo Obasanjo,
scheduled for May 11.

TAIWO-OBASANJO
In the suit filed by her lawyer, Mr.
Toyin Olowoyo, Chief Obasanjo and the father of the bride, Sir Kessington
Adebutu, promoter of Premier Lotto known as Baba Ijebu, are respondents.
Mrs Obasanjo, who is the twin sister
of Chief Kenny Martins, the former Coordinator of the Police Equipment Fund, is
seeking a postponement of the wedding of her son, Olujonwo to Tope Adebutu
scheduled for May 11 and May 12.
She wants the wedding to be fixed
for a date after June 1.
Olujonwo and Tope had an elaborate
introduction on December 17, 2016 with the social media awash with photographs
of the event.
Mrs Obasanjo, among others, is
seeking a court declaration that as the mother of the groom, she has the 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.
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 Mrs Rosemary Dacosta, mother of the bride, Tope
Adebutu, the bride-to-be as well as Chief Kenny Martins.
Justice Lateefa Okunnu has fixed
April 10 for hearing of the suit.