“I Am Sorry” – Femi Fani-Kayode apologises to Bianca Ojukwu, others on “intimate relationships” comment

Last updated: 2013/08/15 at 2:29 PM

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After raising a storm with his recent article in which he claimed to have once had intimate relationships with three prominent Nigerian women, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has issued an apology, saying he meant no harm with the statement.

Fani had in the process of trying to explain that he is not a tribalist in an article entitled ”A Word For Those Who Say I am A Tribalist”, dropped names of three Igbo ladies he had intimate relationship with in the past.

According to him, “I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Bianca Onoh, an igbo lady, who later married Colonel Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu the leader of Biafra and who is now our Ambassador in Spain. I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Chioma Anasoh, another igbo lady, who I almost married. I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Adaobi Uchegbu, another igbo lady, who was exceptionally close to me and who is now a leading figure at the National Headquarters of the ruling PDP.”

Press Secretary to Fani-Kayode, Bisi Lawal, in a letter of apology made available to DailyPost regrets mentioning the three ladies in the write up.

The letter reads, “Chief Femi Fani-kayode expresses his deepest regrets or mentioning the names of that he was once associated with in his last article titled ”A Word For Those Who Say I am A Tribalist”. He meant no harm by doing so and neither did he at any point make references to having had any sexual relations with any of these ladies when they were associated with him as is being suggested by some members of the public. He was simply trying to emphasise the fact that he has nothing against the igbo people and that his friendship with these three ladies in particular over the years provided some evidence of that.

“For the record he has not seen Madame Chioma Anasoh, Chief Adaobi Kate Uchegbu and Ambassador Bianca Onoh in many years and he admits that it was inappropiate for him to have mentioned their names in the essay, to use them as a point of reference in a public discussion or to make any references whatsoever to the nature of their past association. All references to them have been erased from the updated version of the essay.

“Chief Fani-Kayode has reached two of the ladies concerned and he has personally conveyed his unreserved apology to them both and to their families for his indiscretion. He shall endeavour to reach the third lady to do the same in the next few days. Chief Fani-Kayode has nothing more to say on this matter and would prefer to remain focused on issues of national importance and not of a personal nature” it added.

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