One of the wives of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mrs. Taiwo Obasanjo, has petitioned the Lagos State commissioner of police over alleged threats to her life by her twin brother and daughter-in-law to be.
The former president’s wife alleged that Chief Kenny Martins and Tope Adebutu, daughter of lotto boss, Baba Ijebu along with her mother-in-law to be, Rosemary Dacosta hired some people to assassinate her after a court order which she filed last month granting the request to postpone her son’s wedding.
In the petition dated Tuesday, April 4, 2017, said that the accused persons had engaged in a media campaign against her using newspapers and online platforms and that they went on to hire assassins to eliminate her.
“I was reliably informed that the three person 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,” Mrs. Obasanjo wrote.
“They also have a plan to start smear campaign on my person using various media platforms such as newspaper, internet etc..
“Their third plan is to frame me up on false charges and get me arrested and detained by the police from the 10th -14th May, 2017 and also to involve the military police to achieve their plans.
“Sir, this issue reported here 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
“Sir, 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 do or die wedding ceremony for them.”
Chief Kenny Martins when contacted regarding the petition declined comment on the matter as he said: “I don’t have any petition from the police on my table so I don’t react to what is not before me.”
Ms Dacosta in reaction said, “I don’t wanted to listen to anybody. I have no say on what is happening because I don’t know anybody. Thank you so much and bye bye.”
Some news reports say that Mrs. Taiwo Obasanjo is an ex-wife. The status of her marriage to the retired military general is unclear.
Below is a photo of the petition.
