A real estate developer, Abraham
Okoro, yesterday told a Lagos Magistrate’s court sitting in Ikeja how his
estranged wife, Adedoyin Ogunmefun (nee Ajaba) allegedly brought another man’s
pregnancy to his house pleading with him to accept it.
Okoro, yesterday told a Lagos Magistrate’s court sitting in Ikeja how his
estranged wife, Adedoyin Ogunmefun (nee Ajaba) allegedly brought another man’s
pregnancy to his house pleading with him to accept it.
Okoro, who was giving evidence
before Magistrate Abimbola Komolafe, said trouble started after the defendant
lost her father in July 2000.
before Magistrate Abimbola Komolafe, said trouble started after the defendant
lost her father in July 2000.
He said after the burial, his
mother in-law, who was planning to go back to America a few weeks after, called
a family meeting and said things were going to be difficult for the family
after the demise of her husband.
mother in-law, who was planning to go back to America a few weeks after, called
a family meeting and said things were going to be difficult for the family
after the demise of her husband.
Okoro added that after he enquired
from his mother in- law what the matter was, he bought her a car to enable her
move round.
from his mother in- law what the matter was, he bought her a car to enable her
move round.
The complainant, who said he
formally married the defendant on June 17, 2006 and paid her dowry after two
children, said he bought air ticket for his estrange wife, his two children and
the mother in-law in July 2006 shortly after their marriage, for a vacation in
US, stating that at the end of July, the wife came back to Nigeria and ran away
with her two children on August 6, 2006.
formally married the defendant on June 17, 2006 and paid her dowry after two
children, said he bought air ticket for his estrange wife, his two children and
the mother in-law in July 2006 shortly after their marriage, for a vacation in
US, stating that at the end of July, the wife came back to Nigeria and ran away
with her two children on August 6, 2006.
He said she switched off her
phone, but that they started living together again on Valentine ’s Day of 2007.
phone, but that they started living together again on Valentine ’s Day of 2007.
He said his wife then became
pregnant and that he rejected his wife and mother-in-law’s pleading that he
accept the pregnancy, because he had not touched her since the problems began.
pregnant and that he rejected his wife and mother-in-law’s pleading that he
accept the pregnancy, because he had not touched her since the problems began.
Magistrate Komolafe adjourned the
matter till April 8 for continuation of trial.
matter till April 8 for continuation of trial.
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