Under the Igbo customary law, payment of bride price is what validates paternity and not even DNA - Lawyer Stan Alieke

Jokpeme Joseph Omode February 10, 2025


Nigerian lawyer, Stan ALieke, says that under the customary law in Igboland, it is the bride price that validates the paternity of a child and not even the result from a DNA test carried out.

In a post shared on his Instastories, Alieke further stated that if a man is yet to pay the bride price on the mother of his child, the child will be presumed a ‘’b@strd or fatherless.''

He also stated that the father of a child will not be allowed to take the child until he pays the bride price of the mom even if the woman is de@d. 

Read his post below…




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