A man, Hassan, has dragged his wife, Zainab, before a Grade A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, seeking the dissolution of their nine-year-old wedlock on the account of infidelity by the latter, while also requesting for a DNA test to ascertain the paternity of the only child in their marriage.
Zainab agreed to divorce but maintained that Hassan is their child’s biological father, reports Saturday Tribune.
Hassan, in his testimony, said, “Zainab and I started dating in 2017.
“We later cohabited, and I never asked her hand in marriage.
“We ran our relationship this way for a few years, and I got fed up with it.
“I told her I was no longer interested in our relationship, and she accused me of using and dumping her.
“She insisted I must rent an apartment for her, set her up in a business, and rent a shop to carry out the business.
“I obliged her request and gave her N400,000 to settle all that she demanded for.
“We parted ways as agreed, but she came back not too long after this to inform me that she was pregnant with my child.
“Although I was sceptical about her claim, I took her back.
“I have been responsible for our child’s upkeep till date, making feeding, clothing, her education and health care a priority.
“My lord, Zainab has extorted so much from me by the reason of her claim that the child is mine.
“I do not want to invest all my love and resources in her, only to find out later that she is not my child.
“I, therefore, pray this honourable court to honour my request of carrying out a DNA test in discerning the paternity of this child.”
The court president, Mrs S.M Akintayo, after she had heard the plaintiff, granted his request.
Akintayo ordered that both the plaintiff and defendant and also the child in question made themselves available on a date agreed by both parties, and the test carried out at the hospital specified by the court and the result handed over to the court.
Akintayo adjourned further hearing on the case until September 25.
