The family of billionaire businessman Razaq Okoya has disputed claims by his estranged son, Fatai, about their decades-long separation, saying he continues to receive financial support from his father.
The family, in a statement issued on Thursday by Eleganza Industry Limited’s Senior Public Relations Manager, Nathaniel Omeninwan, accused Fatai of taking private family matters into the public domain to attract sympathy and discredit other family members.
While Fatai described himself as Okoya’s first child in his appeal, the family said in its statement that he was the businessman’s third child. 
Fatai had recently appealed to his father for forgiveness after years of estrangement, recounting a money dispute and his marriage to a woman his father reportedly disapproved of.
However, the family said Fatai had fallen out with his father and stopped visiting him long before Okoya married his wife, Shade.
It added that the businessman had repeatedly stated publicly that any of his children unwilling to respect, appreciate and abide by his wishes would have to fend for themselves.
The family, however, maintained that Fatai had benefited substantially from his father and continued to receive assistance.
“Fatai Okoya has benefited immensely from his father and continues to benefit to date. He lives in, and has been given, four flats by his father in Ogunlana Surulere, and has at time
