JUSTICE Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday struck out a suit filed by wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Taiwo Obasanjo Seeking to stop the wedding of their son Olujonwo.
Mrs Taiwo had through the suit filed before the Family Court sought an order to postpone the wedding of Olujonwo beyond May, 2017 on the grounds of a spiritual advice she was given concerning him.
She also prayed to court to compel all stakeholders in the wedding to agree to postpone the wedding so as to allow her perform her parental duties towards his son.
However in a short ruling on Monday, Justice Okunnu said her court being a family court does not have jurisdiction to entertain a matter involving an adult who is over 33 years old.
“On March 27, 2017 I directed counsels to address me on whether this court have jurisdiction to entertain a suit over a child that is an adult.
“This court adjudicates on matters involving children under 18 years and the subject matter in this suit is a 33 years adult.
“I regret to say that this court does not have jurisdiction to hear this matter. Moreover this suit does not disclose any cause of action.
“This suit is hereby dismissed in its entirety,” the Judge ruled.
It would be recalled that Mrs Obasanjo had last week petitioned the Lagos state Commissioner of police alleging that some people including her twin brother, Chief Kenny Martins and her future daughter in law, Tope Adebutu and future mother-in-law Ms Rosemary Dacosta.
Mrs Obasanjo further stated that the trios have perfected plans to get the police to arrest and detain her on trumped up charges between May 10 to 14, 2017 when the wedding is scheduled to take place.
“I was reliably informed that the three persons mentioned above have perfected their plans to assassinate me because I requested the court to shift the wedding date of my son from the month of May to June 2017.
“They also have a plan to start smear campaign on my person using various media platforms.
“Their third plan is to frame me up on false charges and get me arrested and detained by the police from the 10th to 14th May, 2017 and also to involve the military police to achieve their plans.
“This issue is neither a small matter nor a figment of my imagination because sometime during the time of late Head of State, Gen Abacha, when Daddy Obasanjo was in prison, the late Stella Obasanjo got the military to detain me at DMI Apapa by Frank Omenka on false charges
“What is unfolding now is not a wedding preparation but a desperate attempt to kill me because I told Rosemary Dacosta and her daughter Tope Adebutu to allow the wedding to hold after the month of May 2017.
“Chief Kenny Martins is the leader of the planned assassination on my life. Sir, I am reporting this issue so that you can please use your good office to step into the situation because there is a deep strange desperation attached to the wedding of my son which is now a do or die wedding ceremony,” the petition reads in part.