Woman appears in Delta court, begs Gov Sanwo-Olu to acknowledge her child

Published on January 17, 2023

By Matthew Omonigho


A forty-seven-year-old woman, Grace Moses today appeared at the Delta State High Court 2 sitting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the State urging the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to come and collect his child from her.


Grace Moses spoke with newsmen shortly after the Court adjourned the case involving the governor and her son, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu.

“My message to Sanwo-Olu is that he should come and collect his child. The baby is grown up. He is troubling me. If not for God, I would have been dead by now.”

Grace Moses said because of the pregnancy she couldn’t go to school due to pressure from her mother who chased her out of the house because they had waited for Sanwo-Olu to no avail.

She said, in her bid to also abort the baby, she drank “lime” saying, “E nor dey commot.”


Grace Moses said she sold pigs for people and she was paid one hundred and fifty naira which she used as upkeep for herself and the child.

“The baby is now grown and he’s threatening to kill me if I do not show him his father”.

The woman claimed she met the governor in 1995 when she was 19 years old.

She said Governor Sanwo-Olu was working with a construction firm at Ubogo Community in Udu Local Government Area at the time.

Grace Moses said they began a relationship which resulted in pregnancy pointing out that the governor took her to a hospital in Agbarho Community, Ughelli North Local Government Area where he terminated the pregnancy.

The woman who spoke in pidgin English said after a few days Governor Sanwo-Olu also had sex with her which resulted in another pregnancy.


According to the woman, since then Mr. Sanwo-Olu abandoned her and travelled out of the State on the grounds that he was transferred to work in Maiduguri, Borno State.

She said she was left to carry the pregnancy and delivery of the baby all alone without the assistance of Sanwo-Olu and any member of his family.

Grace Moses told her son, Emanuel Sanwo-Olu that his father is not a cripple. “Your papa nor be cripple. Sanwo-Olu nai be him name. He uses his left hand for anything. He nor dey carry Afro. He always dey barb low cut. Your papa na Yoruba man. He always dey put hand for pocket.”

Grace Moses noted that up till now, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has refused to grant her and the son, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu audience to see him.

Also in a chat with newsmen, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu who was at the Court on December 6, 2022, said Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has not reached out to him since that time. He said attempts for him to meet has been unsuccessful.


While noting that it is people that own a child, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu said he is not after his father because he has money or he is now the governor of Lagos State. He, however, said, “I just want to know that this is my father.”

He said his mother told him how she met his father, Babajide Sanwo-Olu many years ago. “I am not seeing anybody as my father’s relatives. I am bothered about it because my friends are mocking me.”

Meanwhile, the Delta State High Court 2 Sitting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area have adjourned the matter in Suit Number: EHC/148/2022 to February 13, 2023, for hearing of the application before it.

Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins, Counsel to Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu and his mother, Grace Moses disclosed this to newsmen at the Court’s premises.

He said Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had filed for preliminary objections that he is immune in the matter as a governor.

Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Not strange..
What would have been strange is if news of this kind doesn't break.

Nah wahoo....if this woman claim is a false...., she might end in jail but if nah true.....nah compensation go end am...

Babajide Sanwoolu .....

That was why I was so careful while growing up and when I was doing my NYSC so that all these village students will not implicate me...

Free like freedom.....

densiks:
Not strange..

True. But Sanwo-Olu should submit himself for a DNA test to ascertain the veracity of the claims by the young man.

Sanwo-Olu should grant DNA testing. to rest the case.

Mindlog:
Sanwo-Olu should grant DNA testing. to rest the case.

Simple!!! But him dey dodge.

I believe this woman is saying the truth. Sanwo Olu, abeg go collect your fine pikin

This kind of thing is rampant among people who work in establishments where a lot of transfers occur.
I worked at Bakassi peninsula in the late 1990s and was surprised at the number of single mothers ,who were knocked up by soldiers serving in that area during the Nigeria/Cameron battle for supremacy in that axis. Most of these children relocated to Ikang in Cross River state after the world Court ceded Bakassi to Cameron. A ticking time bomb of a mass of young men who never asked to be born.

While noting that it is people that own a child, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu said he is not after his father because he has money or he is now the governor of Lagos State. He, however, said, “I just want to know that this is my father.”

Iro po iro po iro po.

Emmanuel should save us the above lamba abeg. However, Sanwo-Olu should subject himself to a DNA test to confirm the paternity. At his stage in life, there is nothing to hide again if he’s his son. I’m sure the First Lady would understand.

Iampromoted:

Simple!!! But him dey dodge.

If he does that, every tom dick and Harry would start harassing every influential public figure for paternity abandonment.
Why did she wait till he was Governor before coming out?

Sanwo-Olu is my father too

HenryWilliams:


If he does that, every tom dick and Harry would start harassing every influential public figure for paternity abandonment.
Why did she wait till he was Governor before coming out?

Because Sanwo-Olu only came to the limelight when he became a governor. So it's expected. Success has many fathers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2alj7Jq85s&feature=youtu.be
Moment Sanwo-Olu admitted he was a Warri boy.