Man, ex-wife in court over missing son

A businessman and his ex-wife both appeared before a magistrate’s court sitting in Ogba, Lagos, over the disappearance of their son as both parents are pointing accusing fingers at each other over the whereabouts of their child.

While testifying before Magistrate O. J. Awope (Mrs), Victor Asiegbu revealed to the court how his ex-wife went to his sons school under the pretext that she was taking him for medical check up and disappeared with him.

But his wife, Ngozi Blessing denied the allegations saying her ex-husband is behind the disappearance of their son as she believes their child is in his custody.

Blessing specifically answered questions to a count charge of lying under oath, preferred against her by the police.

The defendants mother also fingered the complainant and while being led in evidence by the prosecutor, Inspector Ayorinde Ezekiel, the businessman notified the court that “I went to the police station to make a report alongside with the head teacher, Mr Osuji.

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“We were assigned two officers, who accompanied us to Blessing’s (defendant) house where she is supposed to be residing with the mother.

“On getting to the house, we met her mother, who claimed she had not seen her daughter for some time and that the last she saw of my son was the day his school bus came to convey him to school.

“She said she noticed two men on a bike trailing the bus and that one of them had a cap on so she could not see the face properly, but that from the stature of the person, it looked like me and the second person was my friend that came with me, the police and the head teacher to her house.

“In fact, my friend was enraged and challenged her for telling such a lie. After the interrogation, the police picked her up to the station where she was told to inform her daughter to come to the station.”

Revealing how his son disappeared, Asiegbu who called on the court to help in finding his son said; “My ex-wife had gone to the school on July 15 to pick him up with a false claim of taking him for a medical check-up. Thus denying knowledge of his whereabouts and that the court should help her find her son whom she claimed was with me. It was at this point I felt the boy may be missing if she could swear to an oath.

“About two weeks after, a friend called me to say he saw the defendant (Blessing) with my son at a function at Idimu and was wondering if I now reside in that area. It was at this point I went to write a petition and reported my case at the Idimu station.

“An officer at Idimu carried out the investigation that led to my son being found in the custody of Mr. Humphrey Isidore, the husband of Mrs Joy Isdore (nee Ejeogo), Ngozi’s immediate elder sister.”

After listening to the complainant and the defendant, Magistrate O. J. Awope (Mrs) adjourned the case till the 21st of October 21 for further hearing.

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