Former Nigeria head of state, General Yakubu Gowon has finally accepted Musa as his son after a confirmation from a conclusive DNA test.
Vanguard reports that in a statement issued yesterday, the former head of state owned up to having a love child with the late Princess Edith Ike Okongwu.
Gowon acknowledged that he was the Father of Musa who just returned to Nigeria in 2015 after spending 34 years in a United States prison.
Gowon and Okongwu were friends in the 60s but there was a legal dispute concerning the paternity of Musa which dragged all the way to the Supreme Court in which the socialite won.
Before the judgment could be executed however, Musa was apprehended by the United States law enforcement officials in Dallas on the charge of importing heroin and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. He pursued graduate school while in prison and was released in November 2015 due to his good behavior.
On his return to Nigeria, a DNA test was conducted to conform his relationship with Gowon and after the positive result, the former head of state finally agreed Musa was his son but asked for privacy.
“Following years of doubts and speculation, a DNA test was recently conducted to ascertain the paternity of Musa Gowon, who recently returned to the country.
”The results of the tests were conclusive, and they confirm his paternity. We, the family, are working to assist in his rehabilitation following a very difficult period in his life.
”As we look forward to the future with faith in God, we request that our privacy be respected.
*Thank God for a happy ending!
Why the DNA test? Didn't he colabo the mother skin to skin?
ReplyDeleteJames, I bugodi ezigbo on ye apari... Lol
DeleteLol, funny u. He wanted to be sure nau
Deleteyou're not just serious. Lol.
DeleteHehehehehe, your mouth ehn!
Delete#sayonara
Skin2Skin colabo is not conclusive or absolute o.
DeleteSome women don't even know who impregnated them. Mere resemblance sef no reach. Pple from diff state an tribes look alike.
You've gave up your identity @colabo, @james aka money maker and very interesting
DeleteNow he can give him a federal job but what good is the salary to such a man he would rather do deals or start up a big biz.
ReplyDeleteI just feel sorry for the young man. He needs absolute rehabilitation. Family, social, and otherwise.
DeleteA lot has to be done to make him live the rest of his life happy and stable. He had it rough from inception, paternity ish, legal ish, his mother's loss etc.
His father owes him a lot, at least to fill the void. May God be with him
Buahahahahaha....james which one is collabo the mother skin to skin....hahaha
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U dey mind am. Even when the matter isn't that serious, he finds a way to make that sexually explicit remark. I guess it gives him a jolt. Smh
DeleteNaaawaaoo! But the resembles na die naaa no need for a DNA! Well I thank God that it didn't come too late, but sad that the mom wasn't alive to see the end of it. It's well that ends well
ReplyDeleteSame thing i saw ooo d resemblance is gbammmest..tooo much but in this era of doppelgänger ish the DNA was perhaps necessary
Deletegood for them both
Even without DNA test, one can see the resemblance between Gowon and his son.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the news I said "well done Stella" you broke the news first. I feel pity for the guy. What a life he has lived. I pray for total restoration for him.
ReplyDeleteEeyah, that's good
ReplyDeleteI hope he has started life afresh so he can get married.
34yrs in prison..omg!
Many men are parading freely not knowing that they have love child/children somewhere.
ReplyDeleteKudos for accepting.
Gowon should be ashamed of himself.
ReplyDeleteHe had to battle the mother of his child up till the Supreme Court before he can accept the paternity.
I suspect that this could also have contributed to guy's unenviable life.
It is well
ReplyDeleteDNA test kwa! Oga Gowon na wa too u o. Wn u dey gbensh d woman raw, e no sweet u? poor son of a gbenshing man
ReplyDeleteJames you're too stupid to be true.
ReplyDeleteFinally, Eeya.
ReplyDeletepioneer baby daaddy?why the test though?they are carboncopies
ReplyDeleteFinally. Welcome back home.
ReplyDeleteAnd they even look alike.
ReplyDeleteOK naa
ReplyDeleteSome men are that stupid! A former governor has a child with my friend but refused to see the child till date, he begged and begged with my friend to keep the child when she was pregnant and promised her heaven and earth! After delivery story changed and to think the man doesn't have any other child apart from my friend's child.
ReplyDeleteWe all told my friend to send out a press release just to tarnish his name as we all know how the court in naija favours people like him she refused and is quietly suffering alone to raise the child, other than me, no other person knows the paternity as she said she doesn't want drama in her life
God will take care of them both, amen
So if na only you wey know the paternity, who's the 'WE" wey beg am to release press statement??? Liar liar...pants on fire.
DeleteNtorr to your akwuna friend.. Didn't she know he was married when she was gbenshing him without protection not even to chop and clean mouth but she wants to scatter another woman's home. She eat suffering for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday..
DeleteAnonymous 12:59 I was going to say the same oh. "We".. lol
DeleteVery sad! Maybe this man would have avoided jail if he had d guidance of a father. Men just think it all ends in sex.smh
ReplyDeleteLet me borrow one trillion quote
ReplyDeleteEnd time DNA test
Sad Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Musa is feeling
To be rejected and den finally accepted after All dese years....
In d end,considering all dat happened,he is just his Dad on any legal document but not in his heart....Poor boy.
God is awesome sha!
ReplyDeleteIt may tarry but it shall surely come to pass!
Thank u Lord for the restoration after 40 something years.
Stupid man! You'll find that the cause if the boys psychological issues is the earlier rejection by his father. Imagine all these years and only now just conceding to accept the poor man. I pray God grants Musa a second chance to make something great of himself.
ReplyDeleteChai, God will help him
ReplyDeleteGowon must be very irresponsible to have done this to his own blood.
ReplyDeleteThis man could have been a better individual if his father had done the honorable thing from the beginning
The story is really pathetic.
Did nobody seem to notice that he spent 34 years in prison but was jailed for 27 years. Dat na the story me I dey interested in biko.... congrats na im pikin.....ok why did he spend those extra years in prison for a 27 year sentence...... Abeg Stella biko.... give us gist jaare.
ReplyDeleteGowon opting for a DNA test at his son arrival is just to exonerate him self from the negative comments people have been making about neglecting his son. Gowon has always known that Musa is his son but did not want to associate with him.
ReplyDeleteEyah poor Musa, it is well.
ReplyDeletejames it is your father and mother that are stupid and irresponsible for birthing a moron and an apology like you.....bloody fool...do you know the circumstances of his birth? if you know you are not the only one a woman is sleeping with will you just accept a pregnancy like that? Gowon for your information is a responsible man and much more than your generation can ever be...it is not a question of him being irresponsible it is a matter of events that happened at that time....keep vomiting rubbish on this blog like the imbecile you are inugo....ewu gambia
ReplyDeletejames it is your father and mother that are stupid and irresponsible for birthing a moron and an apology like you.....bloody fool...do you know the circumstances of his birth? if you know you are not the only one a woman is sleeping with will you just accept a pregnancy like that? Gowon for your information is a responsible man and much more than your generation can ever be...it is not a question of him being irresponsible it is a matter of events that happened at that time....keep vomiting rubbish on this blog like the imbecile you are inugo....ewu gambia
ReplyDeleteWhen they say women stop galloping around with married men, una no go hear. He did what most men would do in that circumstance.
DeleteYou mean the man that declared war on Biafra had a son with an Igbo woman....waohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnon16:14 aka Gowon himself, u r welcome to the blog. Are you trying to justify your shameful action? Even if you had a problem with his mother, must you throw away an innocent baby with the bath water? OK
ReplyDeleteOya clap for yourself. Your our son spent all his active life in the US jail. mainly bcos u denied him and refused to play the fatherly role in his life
Ahahahahahaha so for ur mind Gowon is the one responding to ur comment? Delusion of grandeur. Smh
DeleteAnon16.15, your comment is the reason lies and irresponsibility is celebrated for as long as he slept with her and joined the 'queue' to have her then, he's simply just as low as they come. After all Joseph was a man*
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 19:01 so because he cued then all the men should have played father abi? This is not about lies and irresponsibility...no body who knows Gowon will tell u he has any ounce of irresponsibility in him...when a child is conceived in questionable circumstances then it can make a man behave funny...he is not a man who will deny a confirmed parternity....james in your stupid mind Gowon get time for blogs? Shameless riff raff you are
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