Ex-Husband Sues Alison-Madueke Over Name Usage

Alison-Madueke's Ex-Husband Files Lawsuit Over Name Dispute

The ex-husband of Alison Madueke initiates a lawsuit to prevent the former petroleum minister from using his names.

Diezani Alison-Madueke's ex-husband files lawsuit to stop her from using his name. Rear Admiral Alison Amaechina Madueke seeks injunction to prevent former petroleum minister from using his last name and first name due to risk of financial and legal harm.

Former husband of Diezani Alison-Madueke, the then-minister of petroleum resources, Rear Admiral Alison Amaechina Madueke has petitioned the court for an injunction to stop his ex-wife from using his last name (Madueke) and first name (Alison) following their divorce.

He asked that the respondent (Diezani) be ordered by the court to take her maiden name back (Agama) and to stop using his first and surname. He also wanted notices to be published in nationally circulated publications in Nigeria and the UK.

The petition, filed under suit no. LD/15144HD/2024 in the Lagos High Court, aims to stop the petitioner's ex-wife from using his name because of the serious risk of financial and legal damage that she poses to him while she faces criminal trials in both Nigeria and the UK.

It mentions that upon her appointment as a minister, the couple stopped living together in May 2015. Diezani filed for divorce (Suit No. NSD/MG345/2021) in November 2021 at the High Court of Nasarawa State, Nasarawa Judicial Division, located in Mararaba Gurku, citing the irretrievable breakup of their marriage. In a ruling in Suit No. NSD/MG345/2021, Hon. Justice A.A. Ozegya declared on April 13, 2022, that their marriage had irretrievably broken down.

The retired naval officer claimed in his petition that the respondent is presently being tried in two different nations on charges of financial mismanagement and corruption that have been made public.

He expressed worry that the respondent's ongoing association with his name is embarrassing, giving the wrong impression, and harming his integrity, reputation, and public perception.

Even after their marriage was legally dissolved, the respondent has been using the petitioner's last name (Madueke) and first name (Alison) without authorization or reason for more than two years. Because of this, the public is misled into thinking that they are still together when, in reality, their marriage has officially terminated.

The statement claims that the petitioner gave his attorneys instructions to write the respondent a letter requesting that she cease using his first and last names.

In a formal letter dated December 14, 2023, Messrs Foundation Chambers urged the respondent to use her maiden name, Diezani Kogbeni Agama, following the official dissolution of the marriage.