A father of three, Mr Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu, 27, has asked the Delta State High Court 2 sitting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, to declare the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his father.
In the suit no: EHC/148/2022 between Emmanuel Moses Sanwo-Olu and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the complainant said his mother, Grace Moses, and the governor gave birth to him in 1994/95.
Also, in his writ of summons issued by J. O. Aikpokpo-Martins, he told the court that “the defendant is the biological father of the claimant begotten from Madam Grace Moses of Oleri, Delta State.
He also prayed the court to order and compelled Governor Sanwo-Olu to accept and accord him all the rights deserving to a son in accordance with all the laws applicable whether customarily, statutorily, or constitutionally.
He also sought a perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from further denying him of parenthood.
The claimant, in the 19-paragraph statement of claim attached to the writ, said Sanwo-Olu worked with a private company in Warri, Delta State, from 1994 to 1995, and in the course of working and living in the community, he had a relationship with a girl known as Grace Moses from Oleri village near Warri metropolis, Delta State.
He said the lady in question was put in a family way by Governor Sanwo-Olu in 1994 to the defendant’s knowledge, adding that shortly after, the defendant left Warri and she lost contact with him till date.
No words yet from the Governor as at the time of going to press.
