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Dangote alleges ex-girlfriend tried to extort him of $5 million

Pascal Oparada

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has dragged his ex-girlfriend, Autumn Spike to court over alleged extortion and indecent exposure.

He told a court in the US how Spike tried to blackmail him into paying her $ million when she released his nude picture of Dangote on social media on January 1.

Premium Times reports that the business mogul filed a civil suit in a US court under the pseudonym Joe Doe and AD which is an initial for Aliko Dangote.

He seeks “excess of $30,000” in damages against Ms Spikes.

One of the court documents filed by the plaintiff on January 22, is titled, ‘Complaint petition for declaratory judgment complaint for (about) extortion petition for injunctive relief’.

The document, among others, obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, accused Ms Spikes of libel, defamation, cyberstalking and a breach of agreement ”to keep their relationship private and off the social media”.

It stated that Mr Dangote’s “business acumen has made him a target for coercion by the defendant”, adding that Ms Spikes demanded “meritless claims of $5 million” in the nature of “palimony to which she is not legally entitled”.

Palimony is an amount of money a law court orders someone to pay regularly to a former partner whom they were living with but were not married to.

“Autumn Spikes has made a demand that the plaintiff pays her five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) as shown in Exhibit 1,” Mr Dangote’s court document states.

In January, the video of Dangote’s naked butt went viral on social media. It was leaked by an Instagram handle Allaraounda1, which is owned by Spike.

In the viral footage, Dangote was seen laying on a couch draped in an orange blanket while part of his butt was exposed.

Ms Spikes also shared other images of the billionaire but later deleted them.

In later updates, she said she did not make her affairs public on social media to acquire fame.

She also claimed her action was aimed at helping Mr Dangote ”clear his name of the embarrassment caused by another ex-mistress of the businessman, Bea Lewis, who exposed their intimate affairs on social media”.

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