Under Igbo customary law, Payment of bride price is what validates paternity and not even DNA – Lawyer Stan Alieke
Nigerian lawyer Stan Alieke asserts that under Igbo customary law, a child’s paternity is validated by the payment of the bride price rather than the results of a DNA test.
In a post on his Instastories, Alieke explained that if a man has not paid the bride price of his child’s mother, the child is considered “fatherless” or illegitimate.
He further stated that a father cannot claim custody of his child until he fulfills the bride price obligation, even if the mother is deceased.
