Father of controversial blogger, Kemi Olunloyo has publicly denounced
her following her numerous unfounded attacks at him and other notable
individuals in the society.
Kemi’s father, Omololu Olunloyo is a Second Republic governor of old Oyo State and a respected elder statesman.
In an emotion laden statement released on Thursday, Omololu revealed
that his daughter had a history of mental illness and had refuted
efforts by family and friends to get help for her.
As he apologised to everyone who has been attacked by his estranged
daughter, the heartbroken father described the statements credited to
her as “utterly irresponsible”, “libellous” and “repeatedly painful.”
Omololu, who was a governor under the umbrella of the defunct
National Party of Nigeria (NPN), in his apology stated that even he and
his family are not protected from the scathing attacks of the blogger.
He tendered an unreserved apology, “I would like to apologise without
reservation to all persons affected. I hope and pray they would
graciously accept the apology.”
He extended his apology to the General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, the General Oversea of Winners
Chapel, David Oyedepo, the founder of the Synagogue Church of all
Nations, Temitope Joshua and former President Olusegun Obasanjo among
others.
He said, “There seems to be a curious pair of writers, an Aboderin
resident in Ireland and Kemi Olunloyo, who sometimes curiously act
separately and sometimes in union. Some of their most unfortunate
victims are their half siblings.
“Others of higher status in the society (like) ex-president Obasanjo
and quite recently, clergy men with large respectable following, such as
the General Oversea of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A
Adeboye, a brilliant fellow mathematician, an inspired Bishop Oyedepo,
the inimitable Reverend T.B Joshua, all learned men.
“She includes me, her father. All four of us she dubs ritualists. Of
course, none of us, as far as I know, is anything of sort. She has gone
so far as to accuse us of various sexual crimes and gone too far to give
social media itself a very dubious name, in term of uncontrolled
freedom to assault others.”
Furthermore, he condemned the attack by Kemi on veteran Nollywood
actor, Jide Kosoko following the death of his wife, Henrietta on June 6.
Kemi had called Kosoko a ritualist following the tragic passage of his wife.
Omololu revealed that Kemi’s behaviour had several times put her in
trouble with the law in Ireland and in the United States even adding
that the late Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, once bailed her out of
jail.
“Of Late, in the last four weeks or so, she had had the audacity to
pass irrelevant and hopeless comments on one of our national talented
artists, prince Jide Kosoko, whom I admire so much, calling him a black
widower as he has unfortunately lost three wives.
“I had thought at 52, Kemi will further train her mind and cease to
be an embarrassment to herself and member of her nuclear, extended
family and to the general public. I thank pastors and psychiatrists like
Dr. Lasebikan, who had gone to great lengths at their own personal cost
to restrain her from excesses and recklessness. I dissociate myself
entirely form her conducts and statements.
“She must accept responsibility for her actions and utterances as
well as the consequences. My condemnation is total and not in any
instance defensible. My position is absolutely clear. She has gone too
far and needlessly so,” he wrote.