Court Documents Reveal Actress, Tonto Dikeh Misled Nigerians Over Son’s Custody Battle
A new report has revealed that Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh misled Nigerians over her son’s custody battle with ex-husband Olakunle Churchill.
Reports have emerged revealing that a judgment was passed granting Churchill rights to co-parent and that their son’s passport should be in the hands of the lawyer.
Tonto and her ex tied the knot back in 2015 but the union ended two years later. The marriage was blessed with a son.
Since the split, the duo has dragged each other on social media engaging in heated social media wars at every opportunity they got.
Recently the duo got into another heated argument online after Churchill posted a picture of Omodayo King, their son, on Instagram to celebrate his birthday.
This, of course, did not go down well with the actress who took social media to tackle her ex-husband.
She argued that Churchill has no right to call King his son, describing him as a “mere donor” and not “King’s father.”
Tonto went on to vow never to allow him to get close to their child.
Churchill responded, explaining he had always made efforts to reunite with his son but Tonto would not give him the opportunity, a claim Tonto Dikeh denied accusing him of being a liar and a fraudster.
She said: “Ok so the story has changed. My sperm donor says he only opened the account last year. So my question is For 7 years I never spoke to you, My Lawyers never spoke to you in any form!!
“Which GHOST DID YOU ASK TO PICK UP your fake Atm? How did you communicate this discussion? Plus you still can post the unlimited balance for new bank. my unlimited yahoo Gee.. Make the world see me as a liar.. Post everything with dates..”
However, contrary to claims by the actress, the court papers dated January 2018 and delivered by Hon. Amina Aliyu Mohammad of the Abuja customary court revealed otherwise.
The court documents read, “That the custody of the only child of the parties King Andre is granted to the Plaintiff since it is already conceded, with the Defendant having unrestricted access to the child. This is however subject to notice and at reasonable time of the day.
“The Defendant shall be allowed to go on outings with their son in order to bond with him but this shall be in the company of the baby’s nanny or confident excluding the mother for the next one year so as to familiarise after which the Defendant can come to Court for review of this order.
“The Defendant shall be responsible for the education, medicals and clothing of the son of the parties. The Plaintiff shall furnish the Defendant with particulars of the school in relation to payment of school fees and other incidental expenses.
“That the Defendant is ordered to pay the sum of N200,000.00 monthly starting from the first week of February 2018 into the account of the child for upkeep.
“All document relating to King Andre shall bear the surname of the Defendant as of right.
“The International Passport of King Andre shall be kept in a vault in Zenith Bank Plc. Where the boy has an account. This passport shall only be released to the party with written consent of the other. The Defendant shall however bear any financial cost of keeping the said passport.”
