Ex-military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, retd; yesterday owned up to fathering a love child with the late public relations expert, Princess Edith Ike Okongwu, bringing to an end the 48-year-old paternity dispute over Musa Gowon.
Musa Gowon. Musa, who returned to Nigeria at the end of last year, after about 23 years in a United States prison, was acknowledged by Gen. Gowon upon the report of a conclusive DNA test.
The paternity dispute was the subject of a legal action that reached the Supreme Court in Nigeria, which Okongwu won.
However, execution of the judgment was thwarted by the arrest of Musa by United States law enforcement officials in Dallas on the charge of importing heroin into that country.
The young Musa was sentenced to 27 years in prison and was only released last November on compassionate ground and good behaviour. He was said to have pursued graduate school from prison and was of exemplary behaviour.
In 2003, while in US custody he lost his mother, a leading socialite in Nigeria who was also a one-time public relations manager of Guinness Nigeria Plc. Both the former Head of State and okongwu were friends in the 60s. Gowon later married Victoria Zakari, a nurse, on April 19, 1969.
In acknowledging Musa as his son in a statement issued yesterday, Gen. Gowon, now 81 nevertheless asked for privacy after a very difficult period. He said: “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.”
Nemesis.
ReplyDeleteDont introduce fulani to Igbo land. We dont need killers in BIAFRA.
ReplyDeleteThe truth can heal, revive and set one free. Let us emulate our elder statesman, Nigerians.
ReplyDeleteEvil devil of a man called Gowon. Now his conspirators in genocide are butchering his own people and he is gallavanting locally to justify his actions. God judgement awaits this terrible man. He wears strictly agbada so we do not see the devil tail he has. This man can be citizen arrested in Europe and sent to the ICC. There is no statued of limitations on genocide. Ask the nazis. I wonder if he is afraid to travel abroad.
ReplyDeleteWhich sensible Fulani will want to associate with Igbo if not for this accident? No thanks to the waywardness of an Igbo daughter who seduced our former head of state.
ReplyDeleteWayward they keep abducting to this day Tijani kwo!You and Nama or Akwuya think the same way! O losing! We re!
ReplyDeleteWayward they keep abducting to this day Tijani kwo!You and Nama or Akwuya think the same! we re! Olori buruku!
ReplyDeleteSometimes life treat one harshly but God will always be merciful because God knows and loves us for who and what we are. May God reunite this family in bound of peace and prosperity
ReplyDeleteWe are all Nigerians until when the country is no more. He that dream of violent will soon drop himself. No blood of any innocent will drop on the ground bcos of ur personal interest. Igbos, hausa, and yoruba are not the only tribes that make Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteGreat Samson! these generation of Nigerians are not informed, who told them that Gowon is a Fulani man by the way? they need to go back and read their js1 social studies.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Gowon will forever be a respectable international elder statesman whether they like it or not, welcome son!