Man faints after discovering he’s not his daughter’s biological father
A commercial motorcyclist, Yaqub Ganiyu has narrated how he fainted twice due to shock, when his wife of 17 years said he’s not the biological father of their 14-year-old daughter.
The father of four revealed that the issue had affected the teenager in question, emotionally and had also truncated the peaceful atmosphere in his home.
At the moment, the husband and wife are living apart, an action Yaqub is displeased with, as he alleged that he was mandated by So-Safe Corps, a vigilante group, to be giving his wife N5,000 weekly for the upkeep of the children.
He said; “I met Muridia 17 years ago when she was an apprentice. I assisted her financially until she mastered the skill. Thereafter, we started dating and living together. I brought her to Lagos, from Otu Village, Oyo State, to set up a business for her.
“We are blessed with four children, a daughter and three sons – aged 14, 8 and 4 years and three months respectively.
“Initially, things went smoothly in the family while I was working as a truck operator. At a point, I lost that job. I started riding a motorcycle in order to put food on the table.”
He continued, “Recently, I noticed that my wife started behaving strangely. I kept calm to allow peace reign until she brought a Tecno-5 phone home. When I asked where she got it from, she gave a flimsy reason. I also noticed she had been communicating with a man whose identity I did not know. I had to seize the phone
About a month ago, she woke me up at midnight, and told me that I was not the biological father of our 14-year-old daughter. She said her former lover who lives in Germany is the biological father of the child. You won’t believe that this same man and I were once neighbours before he travelled abroad.
“I fainted out of shock and disbelief, twice. It was neighbours that resuscitated me. What baffled me was that the man she claimed to be the biological father is a relative and an old friend of mine. His father has two wives, one of them is my aunt.
“Two weeks ago, she reported the matter with So-Safe Corps at Abule-Iroko, Ogun State. I was arrested and detained by the Corps. Its officials ordered me to pick up my belongings and leave our one-room apartment.
‘’It did not end there, they ordered me to return the phone I seized to her and pay N5,000 weekly, for the family upkeep. I have been homeless since then. The attention of both families have been drawn to the matter but from all indications, Muridia’s family members are in support of her action.
Explaining how the ugly incident happened, Muridia said that she was already pregnant for another man who she identified as Teslim, when she met her husband.
She said: “When I discovered I was six weeks pregnant, I told Teslim about it but he sent me away and asked me to terminate it.
“Luckily for me, Yaqub walked into my life and slept with me. A few weeks later, I told him I was pregnant for him, he accepted paternity and we pulled resources together to rent an apartment. Teslim and I were in the village while Yaqub was visiting from Lagos.
“I am a hairdresser, but our stay together had been hellish as Yaqub has no tangible source of income to fend for the family.
In a chat with Zainab, she innocently told Vanguard Metro: “My mummy and daddy are fighting because of me. They said something happened when I was young,”
Investigations revealed that the So Safe Corps personnel who handled the matter had opened a communication channel between Teslim and Zainab. The personnel was quoted to have threatened to re-arrest Yaqub and seized his motorcycle which is his only means of income.
However, it was learnt that through the effort of a human rights activist, Comrade Adewale Ojo, the National Coordinator, Human Rights Advocacy & Monitoring Group (HURAMG), the So Safe Corps personnel has been summoned to the Corps headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State where he is being interrogated.
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