Maje Ayida's defamation lawsuit againt Toke Makinwa went before a judge
in Lagos today and it is super explosive and messy. Ayida is suing Toke
Makinwa over claims made in her book 'On Becoming', that he infected her
with Sexually Transmitted Infections while they were married. In
today's court session, Toke's lawyer, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria was
able to get Maje to admit to having unprotected sex with other women
while still married to his client. Maje however stated that all this
happened when he and Toke were having fallouts during different stages
of their relationships. In the book which became a best seller after it
was released, Toke accused Maje of adultery, infecting her with sexually
transmitted diseases among other allegations.Maje in his court papers,
said that Toke's book brought public ridicule to him and that his
reputation has been assaulted, injured and damaged. He also argued that
his professional integrity as one of the leading health and wellness
practitioners in Nigeria, and his professional credibility built over
the years through dedicated hard work was nearly destroyed.Part of
Maje's demands was for Toke to "Withdraw from circulation all copies of
the book and take immediate steps to call in all copies of the book
already distributed. The case was called up for hearing today and an eye
witness shared it on Twitter. Read below...
