Maje Ayida, Toke Makinwa’s estranged husband
has hired British lawyers to sue Toke Makinwa
over her book ‘On Becoming’.
Maje said it “is untrue that he gave Toke
Makinwa a sexually transmitted disease in the
past or at any stage in their relationship. It is
also highly misleading”.
Maje’s lawyers have also sent the on-air-
personality, a “letter of demand” which says
Toke Makinwa’s book contains “defamatory
words”, The Cable reports.
The firms Maje Ayida hired in the United
Kingdom and Nigeria are: Carter-Ruck, a leading
defamation law firm in the UK to top figures like
Simon Cowell, Elton John and Chelsea FC while
Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) of Pineiro LP is heading the
legal front in Nigeria.
According to the letter of demand sent to
Makinwa, her estranged husband was said to
have “requested legal separation” from her
“within 6 months” of their marriage in January
2014 — “when it became clear that the marriage
was breaking down”.
Makinwa was alleged to have signed a legal
separation agreement in July 2014.The letter said it was well documented that
Makinwa and Ayida had agreed to separate by
July 2014, which the book failed to record.
“The book misleadingly describes the
circumstances at the time,” the letter read.
Pinheiro LP, the Nigerian law firm, said it was
untrue that Maje had given her an “STI in the
past or at any stage in their relationship.”
The law firm also noted that it was “highly
misleading” for the book to allege that Maje “did
not financially contribute adequately” to the
marriage. “The publicity sought by you has been relentless,
and limitless,” said Adebowale Kamoru in the
letter of demand, on behalf of Pinheiro LP.
Maje Ayida, through his lawyers, has, among
other things, informed Makinwa to retrieve the
already-sold books and stop all forms of
distribution.
The letter mandated Makinwa to “withdraw from
circulation all copies of the book and take
immediate steps to call in all copies of the book
already distributed and deliver up same at the
place to be agreed upon by our client for
destruction.”
It further said a failure by the popular celebrity
to “retract” the “published words” and tender a
full page unreserved apology to Maje Ayida in
three national dailies “will result in the
commencement of legal action.”
Makinwa was also advised to “take immediate
steps” to stop the distribution of the books on
Amazon, iTunes and all forms of promotion on
her social media accounts.

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