By A Nigerian man, Emmanuel Moses Sanwo-Olu has claimed that the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is his biological father.
Emmanuel, in a suit before a Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun, claimed Sanwo-Olu had a relationship with his mother in 1994/95, of which he is the product.
According to TheNigerialawyer, the claimant made this known in a 19-paragraph statement of claim attached to the Writ of Summons written by his lawyer.
In the statement, Emmanuel recalled that Sanwo-Olu, who at the time worked with a private company operating in Warri, Delta State from 1994 to 1995, dated one Grace Moses (his mother) from Oleri village near the Warri metropolis, within the period.
He further alleged that the romantic relationship resulted in the said Grace Moses getting pregnant for the governor. Sanwo-Olu allegedly absconded after he was informed of the pregnancy, and never reached out to ever since.
He disclosed that he knew his real father after pressuring his mother who raised him alone, adding that he would later recognise Sanwo-Olu on television sometime in 2022.
“The recorded video of the television broadcast of the defendant was also played for the claimant’s mother and she instantaneously and positively identified the defendant as the Jide Sanwo-Olu who was in Delta State from 1994-95, and whom she had a scintillating affair with; got her pregnant and the father of the claimant,” the document said.
Emmanuel said all attempts to reach the defendant proved abortive, hence the reason why he instigated the legal action.
The claimant prayed the court to declare that Sanwo-Olu is his biological father as well as an order to compel the governor to accord him all the rights of a son.
