An Abuja Customary court has finally granted Tonto Dikeh full custody of her 3-year-old son, King Andre, and given her former husband, Mr Olakunle Churchill conditional visitation rights.
The actress’ legal rep, Barrister Ukechukwu C Uju-Azorji, confirmed that an Abuja customary court gave actress Tonto full custody of her and Churchill’s son after being sued by her former husband and father of the said child.
The Barrister described the case as a very hectic and dramatic one. He stated that there was a time Churchill’s Attorney filled a N200, 000 case against Tonto to foot the bill for Churchill’s transport to attend the court as they felt Tonto was using King Andre’s school runs as a tactic to drag the case thereby making Churchill spend so much money to travel to and from Ghana to attend to court.
Though Tonto Dikeh won that case and she was not made to pay. Asked whether he is aware that there is a speculation that Tonto has denied Churchill the visitation rights which he was legally awarded. He stated that the visitation rights were based on some conditions which Churchill has failed to meet.
He stated that Churchill failed to pay for child support and some parts of King’s expenses. He also stated that Mr Churchill was instructed by the court to pay for a confidant who will supervise the visits after Tonto evidently proved to the court that she cannot trust Churchill around King alone at his young age.
When asked what evidence Tonto provided Azorji stated: “We gave the court physical evidence that the man can be very diabolical and he doesn’t have the child’s interest at heart. Even in court, one of the judges said it seems the man is more interested in getting back at Tonto and not necessarily his interest for the child”.
He said Churchill was told to pay N200,000 monthly for Andre’s upkeep which he hasn’t. He also said Churchill agreed to pay Andre’s school fees directly to the school but he stopped after paying once and they have e-mails from the school to back their claim.
