A 27-year-old father-of-three, Emmanuel Moses, based in Delta State has said his mum told him Sanwo-Olu is his father.
Sanwo-Olu was dragged before the Delta State High Court 2 sitting at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area by Emmanuel Moses through his lawyer, Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins Esq.
In the SUIT NO.: EHC/148/2022 between Emmanuel Moses Sanwo-Olu and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the claimant averred that he was the conjugal product of a congenial relationship that existed between his mother, Grace Moses, and the defendant in 1994/95.
In his writ of summons issued by J. O. Aikpokpo-Martins, Esq., the claimant is praying to the court for the following:
“A declaration that the defendant is the biological father of the claimant begotten from Madam Grace Moses of Oleri, Delta State.
“An order directing and compelling the defendant to acknowledge and accord the claimant all the rights of a son in accordance with all the laws applicable whether customarily, statutorily, or constitutionally.
“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from further denying the parenthood of the claimant.”
The claimant, in the 19-paragraph statement of claim attached to the writ, claimed that Governor Sanwo-Olu was a staff of a private company operating in Warri and its environs in Delta State from 1994 to 1995, and in the course of working and living in Warri that period, he had an amorous relationship with a girl known as Grace Moses from Oleri village near the Warri metropolis, Delta State from between 1994 to 1995.
He further alleged that the said Grace Moses eventually became pregnant for Sanwo-Olu in 1994 to the defendant’s knowledge and without any form of recriminations from him.
He added that shortly after, the defendant left Warri and Grace Moses lost contact with him to date.
Grace Moses eventually gave birth to a son, and named him Emmanuel Moses; Moses being the claimant’s mother’s family name.
According to the Claimant, he was brought up all alone by his mother in ignominy, despair, and difficulties, as could be expected for an unmarried poor girl from a squalid background.
In the course of time, she enrolled her son in school as Emmanuel Moses, and in the course of time, the claimant started making inquiries about his paternity.
While under intense pressure and ridicule from his peers, Emmanuel was informed that his father was a Yoruba man known as Jide Sanwo-Olu, who had claimed to come from both Ijebu-Ode and Epe; that was the little the claimant’s mother could about the defendant’s background.
