Court restrains man from parading himself as Tafawa Balewa's son

• Published date: 17 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

An FCT High Court yesterday restrained Dr Abuduljalil Balewa from claiming that the late first Prime Minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was his father.

Mukhtar, Saddik and Umar, children of the late prime minister, filed a suit before Justice Peter Kekemeke claiming that Dr Abduljalil was not their brother.

Delivering judgment in the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/956/2015, Kekemeke held that the claimants have proved their case.

He held that from the evidence the claimants placed before the court, they have proven their case.

The judge held that the defendant, Abduljalil, did not prove his claims to the late prime minister's paternity.

Justice Kekemeke said: 'There is no evidence presented to show that the late prime minister was his father or evidence of where he was born. No evidence to show that there was a marriage between his mother and the late premier. In my view that...