Controversial media personality, 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, 6 April, at the age of 89.
In a series of posts and videos shared on her Facebook and TikTok accounts, Ms Olunloyo stated that she no longer considers herself part of the Olunloyo family and would not be accepting condolences over her father’s death.
“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,” she said.
She added, “I am not accepting anybody’s condolences because I am not condoling with anybody.”
While Ms Olunloyo noted that she had forgiven her father, she accused him of presenting a false public image, claiming he behaved differently within the family.
“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,” she alleged.
Ms Olunloyo further claimed her father had exploited her positive public image for personal gain, asserting, “My father marketed me as his favourite daughter and child to the world… But I was far from being his favourite. My father used me for a lot of things.”
In addition, she alleged that the late former governor practised occultism for a significant portion of his life before converting to Christianity.
“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,” she said.
According to Ms Olunloyo, a key source of conflict within the family was her father’s relationship with Aderonke Omololu Olunloyo (formerly Ronke Sonaike), whom he met during his 1983 governorship campaign and later married.
She stated that the union caused division within the family and greatly affected her mother, particularly after Ronke became pregnant.
“My mother married an intellectual, a man who got his Ph.D at 26 years old. And he turned into a polygamist… the way it happened to my family,” she said.
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