A man has snatched his friend's wife, claiming he owns all five
children.
Gilbert Maduako, a 52 year-old resident of Ugwuakwu Village in
Umuchu in Aguate Local Government in Anambra State, is not a happy man at the
moment as he has lost not just his wife, but his five children to his best
friend, Akwusi Aluwaogu, who allegedly snatched her and took away the children, claiming that he was their father.
According to information, the marriage which produced the five
kids, collapsed after Oluchi and her children moved to Aluwaogu’s village of
Akokwa town in Imo State, where she introduced the children to his family as
his kids.
It was learnt that both Maduako and Aluwaogu were good friends for
years before he married Oluchi but unknown to Maduako, his friend was secretly dating his wife even when he passed himself
as a family friend and in the process, fathered the children he had all along
thought to be his.
But the truth dawned on him one day when he returned from work to
meet an empty house, devoid of his wife and children.
After a long search, he discovered that they had moved to his best
friend's hometown.
He was further shocked when his wife told him point blank that the
children were not his, but for Aluwaogu.
But according to relatives of the hurt man, even if Aluwaogu had
sired all five children, they belonged to Maduako because going by the
tradition, he was properly married to her by paying her bride price and
performing the traditional marriage rites.
Aluwaogu who stood his ground, went ahead and planned to give out
the eldest daughter's hand in marriage, an act that infuriated Maduako, who
promptly reported the incident to police at Umuchu Division.
The police arrested Aluwaogu and took him to the station where he
was interrogated and he confessed that he actually wanted to marry off the
teenager. He said since they are living with him and their mother, who actually
knew their real father of those children, he had since adopted them as his own
children.
On the fate of his friend, Maduako, he said he cannot force Oluchi
to marry him and suggested that he should go and get himself another wife and
accept his fate.
It was also learnt that the police intend to conduct an
investigation and if need be, conduct a DNA to determine the real father of the
children.
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