A 27-year-old man based in Delta State has said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is his father.
According to media reports, the man, who identified himself as Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu, while speaking with newsmen at the premises of High Court 2 sitting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta, said his mother told him that the Lagos governor is his father.
He said his mother had only him for Governor Sanwo-Olu before she married another man who she had other children for.
“I just want to see the man as my father. For the past twenty-seven years, I have not seen my father.”
Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu said he does “casual jobs” to survive with his wife and three kids.
Counsel to the claimant, Mr John Aikpokpo-Martins Esq, who is the former first Vice-President of the Nigeria Bar Association said the matter was before the court against the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Aikpokpo-Martins said he had also filed an application seeking an order for the governor to wave his immunity to come for a DNA test.
According to the legal practitioner, “We are expecting that he will do that if indeed, he is sure that he is not the father of the claimant. But unfortunately, he invoked his immunity to say he is immune against lawsuits and he is not ready to wave it.
“Upon that, they brought the application that the Court should not hear the matter. The Court should strike out the matter.”
Aikpokpo-Martins urged the Lagos State Governor to validate the paternity of his client saying, “nothing more to it.”
“If it happens that Emmanuel is not his son, he goes home. It’s a very simple thing. But if it’s his own, then the young man will be happy that at least, he knows where he comes from. By then, he now has the power and authority to go into the Sanwo-Olu family as a member of the family,” he said.
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