Kunle's employment was terminated in accordance with the group's disciplinary process while criminal and civil proceedings continued. His attorney contested the findings and stated that Kunle denied deliberate fraud. Tunde did not announce a prison sentence or pretend a corporate committee could decide criminal guilt. He explained to staff and shareholders what the independent review had established, what had been referred to investigators, and what remained unresolved. The distinction frustrated people who wanted a satisfying ending, but Nkiru appreciated it. She had seen what happened when a company treated an accusation as a verdict.
Dapo faced separate scrutiny concerning the falsified paternity report and his dealings with Kunle. Because private medical information and a child's identity were involved, the family sought legal advice about disclosure and kept the child's details out of public corporate statements. That privacy did not mean there would be no accountability. Kemi's testimony, the document history, and the authentic laboratory record were preserved for appropriate proceedings. Dapo eventually admitted in a sworn statement that he'd knowingly arranged delivery of the false exclusion report. He offered explanations about fear and family reputation, but those explanations did not change the document he'd caused Tobi to receive.
Tunde also faced the board. He acknowledged that an early warning about the payment alteration had reached him, that he had failed to commission independent review, and that he had accepted Kunle's pressure when the paternity secret was used against him. He offered to step aside during the governance assessment. The directors appointed an interim executive committee, including people outside the family, while determining how much responsibility should attach to Tunde personally. Folarin did not interfere with the process. For perhaps the first time in the group's history, the family couldn't simply gather in a drawing room and decide what the official record should say.
Before the board completed its review, Nkiru learned that Tunde had sent the original anonymous hotel video to her. The discovery came from a communications-security audit examining the earliest leaks. It identified an anonymized forwarding account tied to an administrative service Tunde had authorized. When confronted, Tunde admitted he'd sent the Abuja clip and the initial clue connecting Dapo to the laboratory records. He hadn't sent Kemi's latest message or Remi's documents. He said he had believed the pressure would force his family to speak without publicly exposing Korede.
Nkiru requested a private meeting with Tunde, Janet beside her. She placed the hotel still on his desk. "You sent this to me," she said. Tunde nodded. "Yes." "Why anonymously?" "If I confronted my father and Dapo directly, they would close ranks. Temi would deny what she could. Tobi would keep hiding the history. I thought that if you knew, they would have no choice but to answer." She stared at him. "You studied my marriage like a business problem. You decided a photograph sent without warning would make us act the way you wanted."