Much Ado About Sen. TESLIM FOLARIN's Purported Romance With AGM Malami's Sister, Months After Wife, ANGELA's Death

A recent report that Sen. Teslim Folarin, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Oyo State is taking (or has taken) a sister of Mallam Abubakar Malami, the AGF as new wife, is currently courting reactions.

Days back, a blog had reported that Sen. Folarin has “slammed a N10 billion suit against The Cable Newspaper, over the “defamatory publication”. It quoted a letter written and addressed to The Cable  by A.T.  Adebayo Esq., on behalf of Abiodun Adebayo & Co, the representatives of Folarin, which said “the publication is calculated to demean, malign and downgrade the person of our client in the mind of ordinary members of the society for no reason other than for monetary gain and publicity which your stable currently lacks. The Cable had in an online report, titled,’ Why Top Politician, Teslim Folarin took AGF Malami’s sister as new wife,’ published on Monday, June 13, said that governorship candidate had taken the sister of Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, as his new wife. By your publication, you have widely circulated falsehood because our client is not married to the sister of AGF Malami and or any other woman as the demise of his beloved wife is still fresh in his mind".

Late Angela and Sen. Folarin

The lawyer demanded that to assuage Folarin, the medium should publish an apology in three national newspapers; a written undertaking not to engage in such unprofessional conduct in the future; and pay the sum of N10billion “being damages for the negative effects of your publication on our client”.

However, responding in a statement on Tuesday, TheCable debunked the claims that it published a libelous story about Folarin on Monday.

Meanwhile, it has since been confirmed that the Ibadan-born politician was suing TheCable for a story the platform did not publish. Checks by FIJ (Foundation for Investigative Journalism) confirmed that the story referred to by Folarin and his lawyers was indeed published by The Capital.

Its not clear as yet whether the governorship-hopeful has withdrawn the suit or readressed it to the right place. 

Sen. Folarin lost his wife, Chief Mrs Angela Folarin, a lawyer, in January. She died in the UK. Their bond was so strong and it remains to be seen who actually actually takes her place.