Controversial media personality, Kemi Olunloyo, has renounced her family name and distanced herself from the family of her late father, former Oyo State Governor, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo.
The former governor, a renowned Mathematician, politician, and father of the social media enthusiast, died on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at the age of 89.
“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 she said she had forgiven her father, she described him as “two different people,” alleging that he presented a different image to the public than he did at home.
“You don’t know what’s going on in my family, and I don’t know what’s going on in your 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. My father ruined the family unit.
“My father marketed me as his favourite daughter and child to the world; he also marketed himself to me as that. But I was far from being his favourite. My father used me for a lot of things. My father did a lot to all of us. When I said he used me, he took advantage of my own positive energies.”
Olunloyo also alleged that the former governor was involved in occult practices until later in life when he became born again.
She added, “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.”
According to her, a major source of conflict within the family stemmed from her father’s relationship with Aderonke Omololu Olunloyo, formerly known as Ronke Sonaike, whom he met during his 1983 governorship campaign and later married.
She claimed the union triggered a rift in the family, especially after Ronke became pregnant, a development she said devastated her mother.
“My mother married an intellectual, a man who got his Ph.D at 26 years old. And he turned into a polygamist. Not that polygamists are not good, but the way it happened to my family,” she said.
Neither the family nor representatives of the late governor have publicly responded to her claims as of the time of filing this report.
