A trader, Abdulhamid Yakubu of Bakin Dogo has been ordered to be given 80 strokes of the cane, for denying the paternity of his sixth child.
The order was handed down by Judge Murtala Nasir of a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, while also affirming that the child belonged to Yakubu.
The Judge also ordered Yakubu to take responsibility and provide for all his children.
According to reports, Yakubu, had in September, dragged his wife, Maryam Muhammad to the court, alleging that she was an adulterer and he was not responsible for her pregnancy.
The plaintiff was said to have also been given the option of an oath to affirm that he was truly not responsible for the pregnancy but he refused.
They were said to have been married for 21 years, with Maryam giving birth to the sixth child which was denied by Yakubu.
A Magistrates Court in Lagos State has ordered that a DNA paternity test should be conducted on the daughter of a Yoruba movie star, Ronke Odusanya.
M. O. Tanimola, the magistrate, gave the order on Wednesday when the case was brought before her at Court 8, Samuel Ilori Court House, Ogba, Ikeja magisterial district, Lagos.
The estranged lovers welcomed their daughter in 2019.
The curvy actress and the father of her child, Olanrewaju Saheed, popularly known as Jago, are currently in court for several reasons including the welfare of their daughter, Oluwafifehanmi.
When the matter came up in court on Wednesday, Saheed, through his lawyer, requested the court to order a DNA test to ascertain the paternity of the child, on the grounds of suspicion of infidelity.
The actress and her lawyer agreed to the request on the condition that the DNA fees and other bills be footed by Saheed.
The actress’ lawyer also pleaded with the court to ensure it is a court-supervised DNA test.
Ms Tanimola, ruling, decided on an undisclosed hospital on Lagos Island for the test to be done, and for the results to be sent directly to the court.
She adjourned the case till March 31, for further hearing.
In December 2020, both parties were enmeshed in a messy separation scandal that was broken by a popular Instagram gossip blog.
Among other things, the blog alleged that the famous actress ‘‘ruined the father of her child, financially by making him sell off his assets to fulfill her luxurious desires.”
Responding to the allegations, the movie star said in a post on her Instagram page that the rumours were untrue but she had chosen to remain calm as the truth would eventually reveal itself.
While my silence will be taken for cowardice, I will be calm because the truth always reveals itself. I can defend myself but I won’t, i want my daughter to grow up reading such irritating and fact-less information. The court of social media has always been myopic and manipulative.
“Remember you did not make me, you cannot break me. Bank statements can reveal who has been receiving money from who and for what. Investigate before publishing. For the platform used for peddling such absurdity, seeds sown will surely germinate,” she said.
Odusanya, 47, made her acting debut in the 2001 Yoruba film, “Baba Ologba.”
Also a cross over actress, she has featured in several Nigerian films.
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