He is not the biological father of my son – Wife tells court

A Lagos housewife, Mojisola Ajiboye, on Tuesday told an Agege Customary Court that her husband is not the biological father of her son. She made this revelation while testifying in the divorce suit she filed against her husband at the court.

The 30-year-old nurse, who resides at Shiaba St., Agege, Lagos, said she regretted her seven-year marriage to Samson Nkanang, 33.

She alleged that the husband usually abandon her at home and travel on official trips without any form of care.
“My husband is irresponsible and has turned me into a punching bag, I am no longer interested in the union; I want the loveless marriage dissolved,’’ she said.

Mojisola informed the court that the petitioner whom she has been married to for over seven years is not the biological father of her son.

“I was impregnated by another man during the period my husband travelled on an official trip,’ she said.

The estranged wife urged the court to dissolve the marriage so that they can go their separate way. “Although l registered the child’s birth in the respondent’s name, he is not the father of my son,’’she said.

The petitioner further alleged that her husband is temperamental and he often beats her over minor issues.

In his response to the wife’s allegations, Samson denied the allegations of being an irresponsible husband and father but admitted that he beats his wife.

He told the court that he was on an official trip for two months in Akwa-Ibom when his wife told him she was pregnant.

“On my return, I even had sexual intercourse with her severally in order for her private part to be opened according to the doctor’s report.

“So I am amazed now that she claims I am not the biological father of my child.” The respondent also informed the court that on the child’s dedication day, he did all the necessary things as a father and even named the child.

“Even my family and the petitioner’s family were all present and they all gave him different names,’’ he said.

Samson said he has also been responsible for the upkeep of the three-year-old child and the mother till date.
He alleged that he has been getting strange phone calls from an unknown person threatening him to leave his wife alone.

The husband pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage, saying he is still in love with his wife.’’

The court’s President, Mr Philip Williams, advised the estranged couple to maintain peace while he referred the couple to forensic centre to affirm the biological status of the child and deferred the divorce suit indefinitely.