•Appellants challenge reliance on disputed marriage certificate, allege judicial overreach
Wale Igbintade
Former Miss Nigeria, Mrs. Helen Prest Ajayi, and her daughter, Tomisin Ajayi, have asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to set aside the June 17, 2026 judgment of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, in the ongoing dispute over the estate of late medical entrepreneur, Dr. Tosin Ajayi.
In a Notice of Appeal filed by their counsel, Abiodun Owonikoko, SAN, the appellants contended that the trial court committed several errors in law, including reliance on a disputed marriage certificate, failure to give effect to a prior consent judgment allegedly recognising Helen Prest Ajayi as a wife of the deceased, mischaracterisation of Tomisin Ajayi’s status, and making orders beyond the issues placed before the court.
The appellants first challenged the trial court’s finding that Mrs. Adenike Ajayi was the sole surviving wife of the deceased and therefore exclusively entitled to administer his intestate estate.
