Controversial media figure Kemi Olunloyo has publicly renounced her family name and distanced herself from the family of her late father, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo, former Governor of Oyo State.
Dr. Olunloyo, a respected mathematician and politician, passed away on Sunday, April 6, at the age of 89.
KEMI CUTS OFF ALL TIES WITH HER FAMILY
In a series of posts and videos shared on her Facebook and TikTok accounts, Kemi declared that she no longer identifies with the Olunloyo family and will not be accepting condolences for her father’s passing.
She said;
I am uploading video statements on my father’s death on TikTok. I am not part of the Olunloyo family anymore and told you that in 2024 that I will never return to Nigeria even if my parents died.
I am not accepting anybody’s condolences because I am not condoling with anybody.
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Although she stated that she had forgiven her father, she described him as “two different people,” claiming that he portrayed a different persona to the public compared to his behavior at home.
KEMI OLUNLOYO’S CLAIMS ABOUT HER FATHER
You don’t know what’s going on in my family, and I don’t know what’s going on in yours.
My father, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, is two different people. He was one person to the world; he was another person to the family.
My father destroyed our family unit; my father tortured us as kids. He tortured us emotionally and physically. My father ruined the family unit.
My father marketed me as his favourite daughter and child to the world; he also marketed himself to me as that. But I was far from being his favourite. My father used me for a lot of things. My father did a lot to all of us. When I said he used me, he took advantage of my own positive energies.
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Olunloyo also claimed that the former governor had been involved in occult practices until later in life, when he became born again.
She added,
My father was into ‘juju’ heavily. My father was into occult practices, and I called my father out on his 80th birthday. After I called him out, he went to Pastor E.A. Adeboye that he wanted to become born-again, and he did.
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She explained that a significant source of tension within the family arose from her father’s relationship with Aderonke Omololu Olunloyo, formerly known as Ronke Sonaike, whom he met during his 1983 governorship campaign and eventually married.
Olunloyo claimed that the marriage created a rift in the family, particularly after Ronke became pregnant, a situation she said deeply upset her mother.
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“My mother married an intellectual, a man who got his Ph.D at 26 years old. And he turned into a polygamist. Not that polygamists are not good, but the way it happened to my family,” she added.
As of the time of this report, neither the family nor representatives of the late governor have publicly addressed her claims.
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