Precious Chikwendu: Biography, wedding, career
Precious Chikwendu is a model and Nollywood actress. She is popularly known as the ex-wife of Femi Fani- Kayode.
Table of Content hide 1Precious Chikwendu Biography 2Career 3Precious Chikwendu wedding 4Precious Chikwendu interview 5Femi Fani-Kayode’s new wife 6Precious Chikwendu parents 7ConclusionPrecious Chikwendu Biography
Precious Chikwendu was born on May 25, 1989. She is the second of seven children in her family. She attended Makurdi International School in Benue State for her primary education and had her secondary education at ECWA Secondary School, North Bank Makurdi, Benue State.
She earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Environmental Science (Forestry and Wildlife Conservation) from the University of Calabar, Cross River State.
Career
Precious Chikwendu began modelling in 2006 when she took part in Calabar’s M Idols Fashion Show. Nigeria Television Fashion Show, Catwalk For Change, and Galaxy Television Fashion Week were among the fashion, and runway shows she attended in the same year.
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Precious was the first runner-up in the Prettiest Girl Nigeria pageant in 2007, and she also competed in the Miss Earth Nigeria Pageant, finishing in the top ten.
She competed in Miss Nigeria 2010, held in Abuja.
Most recently, Precious Chikwendu has been the face of brands and events such as Face of Safari and Face of Genisms. She has appeared in several television ads, including those for Orange Drugs Pharmaceuticals’ Medik55 and Passions Energy Drink.
In 2007, she tried acting. She worked as a commercial manager at Star Advantage Company Calabar before winning the world title.
Precious Chikwendu was chosen to represent Nigeria at the Miss United Nations Pageants in Jamaica after an online vote, and she won the World title in June 2014.
Glowria Snow Fashion House is her creation, and she is the CEO. She is also the founder of the Lady Leticia Academy. The academy was established to train people on self-development and skills acquisition.
Precious Chikwendu wedding
Precious Chikwendu met Femi Fani-Kayode at the Owerri airport in 2014. They began dating shortly after their meeting and got married the same year. The marriage ended in 2020. Before their marriage, Fani-Kayode had been married three times.
Joshua Olufemi is the name of their first kid. Precious Chikwendu gave birth to triplets (boys) on May 25, 2018.
Precious Chikwendu had told a Customary Court in Abuja, during her battle with her ex-husband, Femi Fani-Kayode, for the custody of her sons, that the former Minister of Aviation never consummated their six-year relationship because he supposedly had erectile trouble.
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She claimed she was forced to remain celibate during cohabitation, revealing that the four children she had with Mr Fani-Kayode were produced through artificial insemination.
She requested that the court declare that she was never married to Fani-Kayode since, contrary to his assertions, he did not pay her bride price or perform customary or formal marriage rites with her. She also told the court to grant her wish to see the four children she had with him.
However, her ex-husband accused her of having extramarital affairs which Precious Chikwendu debunked in a press statement. She said Fani-Kayode, on the contrary, introduced different women into their marital home at the first opportunity.
She went on to say that her marriage to Fani-Kayode was founded on deception since he told her he had divorced his first wife, Regina. She claimed she discovered his marriage certificate during an EFCC raid on their home in 2016.
When she asked him about it, he stated that he would initiate Regina’s divorce proceedings and that he hadn’t seen her in ten years. He went on to say that he had never liked her and that their relationship was more like that of a mother and son.
She further said that her politician husband battered her and was in the habit of punching her tummy while pregnant with their first child and then the triplets. She claimed he described her unborn babies as insects or “a creature” that he would swat off her tummy if he was furious and grumpy.
She stated that when her late mother and sister came to see her, they witnessed the assaults. She added that they had to get in the way to stop him from attacking her.
Precious Chikwendu claimed that a raging Fani-Kayode had struck her mother in the head. After that, FFK accused her sister of assault and had her arrested at a police station for getting in the way of his blows.
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Precious Chikwendu interview
Precious Chikwendu narrated how Fani-Kayode thrashed and punished her even after embryos were implanted in her during an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo.
She claimed that when she tries to leave their home, the former minister orders his bodyguards to bundle her up and confine her in a room.
Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki; Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu; late Prophet T.B Joshua, and other famous figures, according to Precious Chikwuendu, once intervened in their marriage.
Femi Fani-Kayode’s new wife
However, Femi Fani-Kayode has not remarried yet; he has revealed his new lover, Lilian Olajumoke Ellas, a Lebanese-Nigerian.
Femi Fani-Kayode disclosed her identity on his official Twitter and Instagram accounts, calling her “The Real Deal.” Ms Ellas is the owner of Lillies Salon & Spa in Abuja, where she works.
Precious Chikwendu parents
Precious Chikwendu is from Awka, Anambra State, although she and her family grew up in Benue State. Her parents are unknown as they are deceased.
Conclusion
Precious Chikwendu is hardworking and talented; and believes in giving back to her society. She does this through her academy, which trains individuals in skills acquisition.
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