A society lady, identified as Princess Abiodun Folasade Madojutimi Omotade, has been issued a bench warrant by a Lagos High Court following her refusal to appear before it on contempt proceeding on Tuesday, July 21, 2015.
Princess Folasade is one of the two wives of late Mr. Olaseni Ayodeji Omotade who reportedly died in a plane crash on 22nd October, 2005, leaving the family without a will.
As at the time Olaseni died, Folasade, who was the only woman then in the house, allegedly cornered all the properties and embarked on asset stripping, disposing all the properties and assets of late Olaseni without the knowledge of Grace, the deceased’s first wife.
Hell was let loose when she attempted to dispose the family’s property at No. 5a and 5b, Kayode Alli Street, Omole Phase I, Ikeja, Lagos.
According to reports, the bench warrant was issued by Hon. Justice L.A.F Oluyemi, ordering all security agencies, the Nigerian Police Force, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, International Police, (INTERPOL) and all other security forces to arrest her and put her in prison until September 23, 2015 when the case will come up for hearing.
The warrant read in part:
“It is hereby ordered: Order bench Warrant to be and same is hereby issued against the first defendant/contemnor, Miss Folasade Abiodun Adesokan, aka Mrs. Omotade, for her arrest by any enforcement agency/agent in Nigeria; and to remain in prison custody when apprehended till the next hearing date which is 23rd September, 2015, for hearing of the contempt proceedings.”
One of the wives with three children, Grace Omotade, who reportedly claimed to be the only legal wife and a matron packed out of her matrimonial home in annoyance when her late husband, then in his prime, brought in Folasade whom she viewed as his mistress.
However, the defendant, Folasade, stressed that she remains the only surviving wife of the deceased with three children and that the first claimant, Grace, was a mere concubine and in the course of her co-habitation with the deceased, claimed to have had three children for the deceased.
Folasade said: “She was three months pregnant when I lost my husband and I gave birth to a set of twins named Taiwo Oluwadamilare Omotade and Kehinde Ayooluwa Omotade on May 17, 2006.
“I currently have three children for my late husband,” she said.
Reports say Grace got a hint of the development and filed Suit No: ID/183M/2006, seeking an order restraining and preventing Folasade and her agents from selling, disposing off and/or leasing the property at Omole Phase I and an order directing and/or mandating the Registrar of the court and or the Deputy Sheriff to put the property under lock and key and deposit same with the Honourable court pending the determination of the case.
The order was granted by Hon Justice Williams Dawodu on July 10, 2006, wherein the Honourable judge ordered that parties shall maintain the status quo pending the determination of the interlocutory application. But the defendant went ahead to sell the said property in defiance of the court order for N55 million to one Mr. Raphael Adeyemi and Mrs. Abimbola Aina, prompting the claimant to institute contempt of court proceeding against her.
The deed of sale was reportedly sealed and delivered by Princes Folasade in the presence of one Mr. Isaac Alabi, a baker at 1/3 Isaac Alabi Crescent and Modupe Ladele, a Lawyer at 14 Abimbola Street, Alapere. [myad]
