Fani-Kayode welcomes first son

Former Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode now Olufemi Olu-Kayode on Monday announced the birth of his first son.

Fani-Kayode, 54, announced the arrival of the new prince on his Twitter handle.

The baby boy was born at Diff Hospital, Aso Drive, Abuja.

The joyous father who could not hide his mood said, “We have a ‘beautiful’ baby boy!!”

The former minister said mother and child are doing well.

When asked why he choose, Nigeria, as all his other children were delivered outside the country, the former minister said he wanted his first son to be born in his fatherland.

“All my children were born outside the country, this is the only one that is born here, he is my first son and just like me, I insisted he has to be born here,” Fani-Kayode said.

Femi Fani Kayode and his beautiful wife, Precious

He said: “Again, most of my siblings and my dad were born abroad; I was one of the very few born in Nigeria.”

“It went very well, top consultants were present and the baby is beautiful!” an excited Fani-Kayode continued.

Fani-Kayode has five daughters before the birth of the newborn.

Two of the children (Oluwafolake, a UK-based lawyer and Oluwaremilekun, who is based in Accra, Ghana) are known to be very close to the former minister.

Others are Oluwatemitope, Oluwatobiloba, and Oluwatuminu.

The mother of the new Prince Fani-Kayode, Precious, was the former Miss Valentine and Miss United Nations World 2014.

She is also an actress and model, and is popularly known as Snow White.