21 year old student of Federal College of Technology,Akure, Shola
Olusola Warah, his mother Sarah and other members of the family are
accusing Honourable Sulyman Warah of being Shola's father.
Honourable Sulyman Warah who is a former member of Kwara state house of
assembly and is now married to another woman with four girls admitted he
dated Sola's mum several years ago but denies being his father. In
order to prove his innocence, he agreed to a DNA test to check Shola's
paternity.
The DNA result came out and proved that Hon Sulyman Warah wasn't Shola's father.
Shola however, refused to accept the negative DNA result because he said
he suspected that his father had used his political and
financial influence to distort the DNA result.
Shola, rather brought a petition over the DNA test carried out by one
Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin which stated that Warah was not his father,
and copied the medical and dental council of Nigeria, Abuja,
Correspondents Chapel of the NUJ in the state and Legal Aid Council,
Kwara state chapter on the alleged unethical practice/breach of
agreement of the Centre and its staff.
During clarification with Saturday Vanguard, Shola said he could have
possibly poisoned himself if not for the strong faith he had in God
which has been keeping him going in life.
He said:
”Many times when I’m among my friends in school,and they begin to tell
stories of what their fathers did for them I always feel terrible that I
don’t have such stories to tell,” he said, his eyes heavy with tears.
“Many times I’m frustrated but my faith in God and the knowledge about
life have kept me alive because I have a very strong hope that I will
make it in life”.he says.
“At 23, I don’t want anything from him,just for him to accept me as his
son. I know that my God that had kept me till now will see me to the
top. I want to know my biological father so that I can be
psychologically balanced for life. I won’t be an outcast whenever I’m in
the midst of people discussing their fathers. For all I know, I did not
drop from heaven, I have never heard or read anything like that across
the globe. Somebody must have been responsible for the pregnancy that
led to my birth".
”It's only a woman that can tell the real father of a child, so when my mother told me about the whole scenario, I believed her”
The mother now in tears being consoled by relations who accompanied them
recalled her love life with the former member of kwara state House of
Assembly some twenty nine years ago which later culminated into the
birth of Shola.
The Honourable has said he's willing to have another test wherever else they want to go to.