Dino Melaye Speaks Through His Lawyer! Says I Didn’t Formally Marry My Wife

The full statement below;

It is with great
sadness that this sordid situation has been brought into public domain. In an
attempt to shield “the mother” of his children, Dino decided to “quietly” file
for divorce and end this turbulent union. Unfortunately “this woman” has
gone all out with wicked lies even to her detriment, to try to disorganize and
tarnish Dino’s image.

Do we start with:

1) Violence:

I challenge her to
produce the so called record of abuse in any police station in Nigeria where
Dino was invited and his statement taken. Nothing ever took place so nothing to
report.

2) Gun to the head:

Dino has no ammunition. The gun incident was the police
search and report. Her intention (after accepting money from Dino’s political
enemies) was to have him imprisoned under possession of illegal arms. Any
reason to pin Dino down and have him jailed. This woman collected bribe to
frame the father of her children. The police search in her presence revealed no
possession of guns and interpreted her complaints as trivial and cleared Dino
of possessing any weapon or incriminating material. The report was signed by
the ACP CID, FCT command. She claimed gun was pointed at her in September but
only reported a gun threat on 30th of October. Over 1month after a gun threat,
laughable. This took place months ago when she no longer resided in his house.
She is now presently even facing legal charges based on defamation of character
and false criminal accusation.

3) Custody of kids:

Dino has always been in support of the empowerment of women
both as mothers and even as entrepreneurs. He has never wanted or requested for
full custody. He has always believed 
young kids should be with their mothers. He is content though PAINED to
see his kids only at visits fully controlled by her (Tokunbo Fabiyi). Strange
as it is, this is a woman who abandoned her then ill child to go to India for
cosmetic surgery on her nose,stomach and other parts. She told Dino she was on
an official assignment, only to do surgery, fall into coma and fail to pay her
bills. It was Dino that her family contacted and he rushed to her financial and
medical aid. All these while she left her kids unattended to. Dino sent her
packing after this Indian sacrilege only for her parents to run to Dino’s
parents in the village begging for forgiveness. Dino’s father had to bring her
to Abuja to beg his son who took her back. Is it her infidelity, having affairs
with Dino’s friends, her ex’s and God knows who else? Is it the occasions she
was caught by Dino giving his  possessions
(watches, jewelry, etc) to her lovers?

Dino saw an ex actually wearing his watch that she claimed
was stolen by the maid that led to say he was having an affair. Dino knew that
Tokunbo had taken his possession to give as gifts to her boyfriends and that it
was not the house girl/girls who stole. In his adamant defense of the
maid/maids, Tokunbo concluded he must be having an affair. Tokunbo confessed it
was only once

Dino caught her, she stole his possession to give her
lovers. She even gave a brand new car Dino bought for her to her younger lover.
Over the years, Dino severally removed her from their matrimonial home only for
her to beg his family who insisted he forgive and taken her back especially for
the kids sake.

It is public knowledge that in the recent past,she has
spoken proudly and loudly of her husband’s loyalty and faithfulness,now she
sings a different tune all because Dino quietly decided to file for divorce
after her final display of loyalty to her young lovers and inability to stop
engaging in meetings with his political opposition in government. Many times
even collecting gifts in exchange of info from Dino, who was then still her
husband. Three months ago she was still in Ghana for a corrective surgery of
her collapsed nose,where her stomach was opened and one rib taken to construct
a new bridge on her nose.

We have evidence. These are all ramblings of a woman who is
in apparent shock by Dino’s final decision to dissolve their customary
marriage. Which was never done in the Registry. Thereby legalized only by the
Nigerian views of traditional and white wedding. He never took her to court to
marry to her!

Toyin Akande (Esq),

Family Friend/Lawyer