Born Again Wife Confesses Past Adultery To Husband “Our 4 th Child Is Not Yours

The confession of a mother of five that her former
boss was the biological father of her fourth child
is now threatening her 25-year-old marriage. Her
husband, 57-year-old Isaac Jemibola, a civil
servant, has approached an Ikole Customary
Court in Ekiti State, seeking the dissolution of his
marriage to the woman, 48-year-old Olayemi.
Jemibola based his divorce plea on the ground
that the respondent confessed committing
adultery in 2002.
He urged the court in the petition filed on January
21, to grant him custody of the five children from
the marriage.
The petition told the court that he married
Olayemi in 1989 according to the native law and
custom.
According to him, “after retiring to bed on January
19, my wife came to me and knelt down.
“She confessed to have had an extramarital affair
with her former boss which resulted in the
pregnancy of the fourth child.
“My wife said she had given her life to Christ and
that her desire to make heaven made her confess
based on the advice from her pastor.
“She added that the paternity of the fourth child
was in doubt since both the boss and I slept with
her the same week,’’ he said.
Jemibola further told the court that he reported
the matter to his parents who pleaded with the
woman to reverse her confession.
“She however insisted that she was following the
dictates of the Bible.
“I purposely don’t want to do the DNA test
because I don’t want to hate the child.’’ he said.
Olayemi admitted committing the offence, but
kicked against dissolution of the marriage.
“I did it because Jemibola was befriending
another woman during the period which made him
abandon me for almost six months.
“It was that same period that my former boss,
who normally took me to work in his car, made
love advances at me. Both men made love with
me at almost the same period.
“After some years, I discovered that the child
looked quite different from his siblings and out of
guilt, I decided to tell him the truth.
“I pleaded for his forgiveness but he refused,’’
Olayemi said.
In her ruling, the court president, Mrs Yemisi Ojo,
said: “In the interest of justice and in the spirit of
promoting reconciliation between the two parties,
the case will be adjourned till April 7 for report of
settlement.’’