Maje Ayida hires British lawyers to sue Toke Makinwa over tell-all book,On Becoming

Following the release of a book "On Becoming" which documented her relationship with Maje Ayida, Nigerian media personality Toke Makinwa, has been asked to stop the sales of the book and all forms of promotional activities.

According to Cable Ng, the request was made of Makinwa by Maje Ayida

In the book, the television personality accused Ayida of giving her sexually transmitted diseases, being a serial cheat and committing adultery.The legal documents describe the book as nothing but “exaggerated fabrication”.

TheCable Lifestyle has learned that Maje Ayida has hired law firms in both the United Kingdom and Nigeria to handle the case.

They 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 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 delivered 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.
She was given seven days upon receipt of the letter to comply with the demands or they’d be forced to seek legal redress.

The warning letter was said to have been delivered to Makinwa on Monday, December 23, 2016.

At the moment, Toke Makinwa is in Ghana on a promotional tour of the book.