According to them, Ayeni suddenly abandoned his family and business activities for Adaobi who he flaunted everywhere while their relationship lasted.
Some family members of widely acclaimed businessman and former chairman of defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni have accused a female lawyer in Abuja identified as Adaobi Alagwu of using diabolic means to extort money from him.
According to them, Ayeni suddenly abandoned his family and business activities for Adaobi who he flaunted everywhere while their relationship lasted.
The businessman is currently enmeshed in a paternity mess with the lady, which he recently refuted but sources close to Ayeni claimed that his rebuttal, at least for the first time, is basically because his principal, Atiku Abubakar lost the election, and Ayeni, knowing fully well he would have no access to resources decided to play the honourable card.
Tunde Ayeni who was alleged to have fathered a child, a baby girl, with Adaobi, a claim he has blatantly refused to accept even when he admitted to have to having a relationship with the disgraced ex-beauty queen, Adaobi.
The female lawyer was a classmate of the businessman’s daughter.
One of them told Journalists that he wasn’t surprised about the arrest of journalists by policemen acting on the order of Adaobi as she had in the past used security operatives to harass and brutalise Ayeni's family members and friends or anyone against their relationship.
SaharaReporters had recently reported how officers from the Nigeria Police, Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, on Wednesday, February 22 arrested and subsequently detained the editor and a reporter of TheNewsGuru.com, Ediri Oyibo and Paul Utebor following a petition by the female lawyer.
“I read on SaharaReporters the recent arrest and subsequent detention of journalists by policemen in Abuja, I think Nigerians are hearing about this because those involved are journalists.
“The lady (Adaobi) is known for such acts, she had in the past used security operatives to harass friends and family members who kicked against their relationship. It was Ayeni’s bosom friend, Greg Uanseru that we knew with her before. But she used ‘juju’ on her brother and made sure she extorted him. Not that alone, the family name was painted black by this lady.
“Ada knows Ayeni is afraid of newspapers has been using all her might to get him blackmailed to be taking care of her and paying child upkeep. This issue has caused a lot of damages in his marriage," a family source said.
“He suddenly changed, stopped caring for the family but became active in the service of the girl whom he bought N75m worth G-Wagon, and a N250m worth duplex in Abuja, the house is at Lakeview in Abuja. Ayeni also purchased a choice property for her mother to live in.
“The most unfortunate thing here was that Adaobi was a classmate of Ayeni's daughter. Whilst he abandoned the daughter to be struggling, he set up Adaobi’s chambers. The chamber is at 36, Birao Street, Wuse 2, back of AP Plaza, off Adetokunbo Ademola Street in Abuja. Till now, the daughter doesn’t have a chamber of her own.
“Since our brother got back to his senses, this lady has been blackmailing him over paternity issue. I heard the lady said she would sell the house to feed for her child and take care of herself. Let it be known that Adaobi also has a son for another man, long before she met Ayeni,” the family member said.
But in a separate interview with newsmen, a close associate to Tunde Ayeni debunked the family’s claims, noting that the fraudulent ex-banker ordered the arrest of journalists as he was known to abuse powers with impunity especially if it had to do with Adaobi.
"Ayeni was himself. He uses brute force to achieve anything he wants and we recall how he threatened to kill a former minister over a slight media argument.”