USA Africa Dialogue Series - On the Commendable Behavior of General Yakubu Gowon In Finally Officially Admitting Musa as His Son {Re: Cyril Anyanwu: RE: IT DID NOT REQUIRE A DNA -RE: GOWON ACCEPTS EARLIER IMPRISONED SON IS HIS AFT...

My People:

I see the re-uniting of Jack Gowon (General Yakubu Gowon) and Musa Gowon (daughter of Edith)  as a very happy ending of a twisted family tale.  This issue has been going on since 1987 or even earlier, and its outcome was delayed by a 1990 suit brought on by Edith, who was asking namely for:

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"1.     DECLARATION that the 2nd plaintiff's (Mr. Musa Gowon) paternity has been acknowledged by the defendant (General Yakubu Gowon)  in accordance with the Native Practice in Nigeria and/or practice under Native Law and Custom of Pankshin people of Pankshin Local Government Area where the defendant comes from.

2.     DECLARATION that the statement contained in letter dated 16th day of October, 1987 written at the instance of the defendant (by his solicitors) to the Editor of Prime People Magazine is untrue.

3.     DECLARATION that the defendant is estopped from denying paternity of the 2nd plaintiff  whose paternity he has acknowledged in accordance with Native law and custom of Pankshin people of Pankshin Local Government area.

4.     ORDER for payment by the defendant to the 1st plaintiff (Mrs. Edith Ike-Okongwu) of the sum of N10,000,000.00 being damages for libel contained in a letter dated 16th October, 1987 published by the defendant through his Solicitor to the Editor of Prime People.

5.     ORDER for payment by the defendant to the 2nd plaintiff of the sum of N20,000.00 being damages for libel contained in a letter dated 16th October, 1987 published by the defendant through his Solicitor to the Editor of Prime People.

6.     AN ORDER for the payment of N280,000 being money spent for the Education and upkeep of the 2nd plaintiff as befit his status as the 1st son of a former Nigerian Head of State.

7.     ORDER that the defendant should maintain and pay the school fees of the 2nd plaintiff from the date of judgment.

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Clearly, Gowon HAD accepted paternity before - "in accordance with the Native Practice in Nigeria and/or practice under Native Law and Custom of Pankshin people of Pankshin Local Government Area where the defendant comes from" -  but when N10.28 million was demanded, etc. by this mother of his first son (out of wedlock), partly - "as befit his status as the 1st son of a former Nigerian Head of State." -  Jack Gowon must have been advised by his lawyers to suspend that paternity admission out of fear that he had a gold digger in his hands.  He has now manned up to it - backed by DNA - and done the right thing.

I commot yansh for him.....we should move on and let the two men enjoy their long-lost time together.

One more thing:  our God has a good sense of humor, and an ironical twist to matters:  Gowon has a Biafran baby-turned-man!  Gowon, at 81, will also be happy, that he has removed a secret blot to his life, so that he can face his Maker with a cleaner slate.  His prayer to God for any forgiveness - to Musa and to Edith - will be heard, I pray.  So  I thank God in advance for Brother Jack.

Bolaji Aluko

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/199874-ex-nigerian-head-state-gowon-accepts-48-year-old-son-dna-test.html

-Nigerian Head Of State, Gowon, Accepts 48-Year-Old Son After DNA Test

March 10, 2016Ola' Audu

Nigeria's former military head of state, Yakubu Gowon, has confirmed his paternity of a 48-year-old man recently deported from the United States.

Mr. Gowon announced Wednesday that a DNA test had proven Musa Jack Ngodadi is his biological son.

Musa Gowon, who had been in jail in the U.S. for 22 years, was pardoned by President Barrack Obama in 2015, cutting short the 40-year prison term he was to serve for alleged drug related crime of which he was found guilty on November 18, 1992.

Musa, a striking lookalike of the former head of state, returned to Nigeria on January 1, 2016, after the U.S. Immigration officials deported him.

He was the product of a romance in the 1960s between General Gowon, then a military head of state, and one Igbo damsel, Edith Ike-Okongu, who was said to have ended her love affairs with the ex-military ruler over the Nigerian Civil War and how it was being prosecuted under Gowon's watch.

Edith was said to have protested the manner Nigerian troops had maimed and killed her fellow Igbos, under a government of a man she was in love with.

Conflicting reports say she left Nigeria with a pregnancy or with the child their romance had produced to settle in the U.S., while the then young bachelor, Gowon, got married to his present wife, Victoria.

Edith is said to have later returned to Nigeria after decades in the U.S., leaving behind Musa Gowon who allegedly got involved with some Colombian drug dealers resulting in his arrest and jailing in 1992.

Though he strongly denied being guilty of the crime as he insisted that he was framed up, Musa was sent to a correctional facility to serve a 40-year jail term.

The Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, which made the return of Gowon Junior a big socio-political event, said Musa suffered the abandonment that later led him imprisonment for 22 years because his mother stood as a patriot of the Igbo nation by severing her relationship with Mr. Gowon in protest of the killing of her kin during the Civil War.

"Musa Gowon was borne out of a courtship gone awry between former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, then a Lieutenant Colonel and an Igbo Girl by name Edith Ike-Okongwu while he was still a bachelor," said IMC, Director-General, Rev Obinna Akukwe.

"This relationship between Gowon and Edith Ike ended in the heat of the civil war. It is widely believed that the relationship broke off after Federal Troops bombed Aba General Hospital with NAF Napalm Bomb on July 14, 1968 killing more than 500 patients.

"Edith was said to have expressed disapproval with Gowon over the deliberate bombing of Biafran civilian soft targets and the romance was brought to an end. Prior to that, Edith Ike's parents, though from Aro-Ndikelionwu in Orumba North Local Govt of Anambra State but lived in the north for over thirty years, relocated back to the East after the first wave of pogrom of 1966."

Edith herself relocated to then West Germany on 30th June, 1967 after Gowon overruled her plans to relocate to either the US of UK.

"The relationship was said to have produced a handsome young man with full name Jack Musa Ngonadi Gowon in 1968. Due to Edith's constant unease at the indiscriminate murder of civilians, the relationship got frosty and ended towards the end of 1968. In 1969 Gowon married Miss Victoria Zakari, a nurse by profession. Gowon reportedly denied paternity of Musa."

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Mr. Gowon's press statement

Musa Gowon

Following years of doubts and speculation, a DNA test was recently conducted to ascertain the paternity of Musa Gowon who recently returned to the country.

The results of the tests were conclusive and they confirm his paternity.

We, the family, are working to assist in his rehabilitation following a very difficult period in his life.

As we look forward to the future with faith in God, we request that our privacy be respected.

_____

http://lawaspire.com.ng/2014/08/general-yakubu-gowon-v-mrs-edith-i-ike-okongwu-ors/

GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON V. MRS. EDITH I. IKE-OKONGWU & ORS.

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SUPREME COURT CASES -2003

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GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON V. MRS. EDITH I. IKE-OKONGWU & ORS.

 
In The Supreme Court of Nigeria
On Friday, the 31st day of January, 2003
Suit No: SC.64/97
 
Before Their Lordships
 
          MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS    ……. Justice of the Supreme Court
MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE    ……. Justice of the Supreme Court
SYLVESTER UMARU ONU    ……. Justice of the Supreme Court
ALOYSIUS IYORGYER KATSINA-ALU    ……. Justice of the Supreme Court
AKINTOLA OLUFEMI EJIWUNMI    ……. Justice of the Supreme Court
    
 
 Between
    
GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON   
            
 
      And
                   
1.MRS. EDITH I. IKE-OKONGWU
2.TRUE TALES PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
3. KAYODE AJALA 

        
 
                  
     
          
          
COUNSEL:
                              
H. Eze-Iyamu [Mrs.]    For the Appellant

                              
Olalekan Ojo, Esq.    For the Respondents

 

JUDGMENT:
        
KATSINA-ALU, J.S.C.: (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal from the judgment of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal delivered on 10th August, 1993. The appeal arises out of an action which was brought by Mrs. Edith I.Ike-Okongwu and Mr. Musa Gowon against the defendant, General Yakubu Gowon in which they claimed as follows:

"1.     DECLARATION that the 2nd plaintiff's paternity has been acknowledged by the defendant in accordance with the Native Practice in Nigeria and/or practice under Native Law and Custom of Pankshin people of Pankshin Local Government Area where the defendant comes from.

2.     DECLARATION that the statement contained in letter dated 16th day of October, 1987 written at the instance of the defendant (by his solicitors) to the Editor of Prime People Magazine is untrue.

3.     DECLARATION that the defendant is estopped from denying paternity of the 2nd plaintiff whose paternity he has acknowledged in accordance with Native law and custom of Pankshin people of Pankshin Local Government area.

4.     ORDER for payment by the defendant to the 1st plaintiff of the sum of N10,000,000.00 being damages for libel contained in a letter dated 16th October, 1987 published by the defendant through his Solicitor to the Editor of Prime People.

5.     ORDER for payment by the defendant to the 2nd plaintiff of the sum of N20,000.00 being damages for libel contained in a letter dated 16th October, 1987 published by the defendant through his Solicitor to the Editor of Prime People.

6.     AN ORDER for the payment of N280,000 being money spent for the Education and upkeep of the 2nd plaintiff as befit his status as the 1st son of a former Nigerian Head of State.

7.     ORDER that the defendant should maintain and pay the school fees of the 2nd plaintiff from the date of judgment.

8.     AN ORDER OF INJUNCTION restraining the defendant by himself or by his servants or agents from further writing or otherwise publishing of the plaintiffs the said or similar libel."

    In his reaction the defendant filed a statement of defence. On 5 February, 1991, the defendant again filed a motion seeking leave to amend the statement of defence, enlargement of time within which to file a counter-claim and deeming the amended statement of defence containing the counter-claim already filed as duly filed and served.

    The motion was argued and on 15 March, 1991 the learned trial Judge struck out both the amended statement of defence and the counter-claim. The defendant's appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed. The defendant has further appealed to this court. The defendant, as appellant, raised three issues for determination in this appeal. They read:

"1.     Whether the Court of Appeal was right in holding that the lower court was not in error refusing the application to amend the statement of defence, when the parties were still in the process of settling pleadings and before the action was set down for trial.

2.    Whether the Court of Appeal was right in holding that the learned trial Judge was not in error in refusing the application for extension of time to file a counter-claim because the cause of action occurred to the defendant after he had filed a statement of defence.

3.    Whether the Court of Appeal was right in holding that there was no appeal filed by the Appellant against the exercise of discretion by the lower court."

    For their part, the plaintiffs submitted two issues for determination in their respondents' brief of argument. These are:

"1.     Whether or not the Court of Appeal misdirected itself  on the facts and the law in the appeal before it as a result of which it came to a wrong decision in the appeal.

2.    Was the Court of Appeal right when it held that the appellant's appeal was not against the wrong or injudicious exercise of the discretion of the trial Judge in his decision from which the appellant's interlocutory appeal emanated."

    As I have already stated, three issues have been taken by the defendant here, and the short point upon which I decide this appeal is whether the Court of Appeal was right in holding that the learned trial Judge was not in error in refusing the application for extension of time within which to file a counter-claim on the ground that the cause of action occurred to the defendant after he had filed his statement of defence.

    The plaintiffs in the original action claim that the defendant, General Yakubu Gowon, is the father of the 2nd plaintiff, Musa Gowon. They also claim damages of the sum of N10,000,000.00 for alleged libel contained in a letter published by the defendant through his solicitors to the Editor of a monthly magazine  "The Prime People." Also claimed is the payment of N280,000.00 being money expended for the education and upkeep of the 2nd plaintiff. Also that the defendant should maintain and pay the school fees of the 2nd plaintiff from the date of judgment. Lastly the plaintiffs seek an injunction to restrain the continued libel complained of.

    As I have already stated, the defendant denied liability and filed his statement of defence, on 5 February, 1991. It was after this that he brought a motion seeking leave to file an amended statement of defence by the inclusion of a counter-claim. It is important to mention here that the parties to the counter-claim are General Yakubu Gowon as the plaintiff and Mrs. Edith I. Ike-Okongwu, True Tales Publications Limited and Kayode Ajala as the defendants. The subject of the counter-claim was an alleged libellous article in two publications of the magazine called "HINTS – True Life Romances." These publications of the magazine were made after the plaintiffs had filed their amended statement of claim and after the defendant had also filed his statement of defence. In other words the cause of action arose after the parties had filed their pleadings in the original action.

    In its judgment the Court of Appeal held that:

    "It is the law that an amendment relates back to the original pleading and the amendment sought to be filed in this case seeks to incorporate a cause of action which arose after the statement of defence was filed did not exist. Such an amendment, generally, should not be allowed……………………………..

If an amendment is to the effect that it would bring into an action an entirely fresh cause of action arising after the action had been started, such an amendment may not be allowed. The amendment in such a case should not be entertained in as much as it related to a cause of action which did not exist at the time when the writ was issued. To bring in such a cause of action does not seem to me to be amending the proceedings at all; it is starting a new cause of action, and one which could not have been sued upon at the time the action was commenced."

The Court of Appeal went on:

    "If what was sought to be done is simply to amend the statement of claim or even to raise an issue or cause of action arising after the statement of defence had been filed, no problem would have arisen. But problem will arise where the amendment sought would operate to have been retrospectively made to the date the original statement of defence was filed, and if at that date the cause of action envisaged or stipulated in the counter-claim was not existing at that time. Such an application should, in my considered view and upon the authorities above     considered, be refused."

    In consequence thereof the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of the defendant.

    The defendant has attacked this decision. It was said that the issues in the pleadings of both parties show quite clearly that they are all interrelated. That being so it was contended that it is convenient to have a single trial.

    For their part, the plaintiffs have urged that the appeal of the defendant is without merit. It was submitted that the Court of Appeal was right when it held that where the amendment sought to be carried out or effected relates to a cause of action arising after the original pleading had been filed, as in this case, such an amendment should not be allowed. The plaintiffs relied on the English cases of Sneade v. Wotherton Barytes & Lead Mining Co. Ltd. (1904) 1 K.B. 295; Eshelby v. Federated European Bank Ltd. (1931) All E.R. Rep. 840.

When an action has been started the court has, at all its stages until it is finally determined, ample powers of amendment. And it is the duty of the court to exercise those powers. However the pertinent issue in the present case is whether the defendant should be granted leave to amend his statement of defence by joining to it a counter-claim based on an entirely fresh cause of action which arose after the action had been started.

 In substance a counter-claim is a cross-action and not merely a defence to the plaintiff's claim. It is an independent action and not part of the original action though for convenience the two are tried together. Can a defendant, raise a counter-claim even though the cause of action accrued to the defendant subsequently to the issue of the writ in the original action? Just as the plaintiff cannot be allowed to bring into his case an entirely fresh cause of action which arose after the action had been started, a defendant will not be allowed to raise by way of an amendment to the Statement of Defence a counter-claim in respect of a cause of action that arose subsequent to the issue of the writ: See Eshelby v. Fed. European Bank (1931) All E.R. Rep. 840. I think it is good sense. To bring in such a fresh cause of action, does not, viewed from any angle, constitute an amendment. It means what it is, that is, starting a new cause of action, and one which did not accrue, and therefore could not have been sued upon, at the time the action was brought.

    As I have earlier on in this judgment stated, a counter-claim is a separate action. The defendant in a counter-claim assumes the position of a plaintiff and the plaintiff in the original action assumes the position of a defendant. Simply put, the parties in the original action swap places in the counter-claim. The defendant may, instead of suing separately insert his claim into the plaintiff's suit under the label of counter-claim if it is of a kind which by law he is entitled to raise and have disposed of in the plaintiff's action. If the original suit and the counter-claim arose out of the same set of facts or transactions, it would be desirable and indeed convenient to hear

them together: see Oyegbola v. Esso West African Inc. (1966) 1 All NLR 170.

    The question arises, therefore, whether on the facts of this case, the original suit and the counter-claim can be tried together. Let me restate the salient points. The fulcrum of the original action is the paternity of the 2nd plaintiff, refund of money spent by the 1st plaintiff on the upkeep of the 2nd plaintiff and maintenance of the 2 plaintiff. The theme of the counter-claim is a libel action brought by the defendant. It has been said that the publication in the "Hints" Magazine was libellous of the defendant. It was said that the words complained of in their natural and ordinary meaning meant and were understood to mean:

"1.     That the defendant is a rapist. That the defendant is engaged in a conspiracy to commit murder, and had committed murder in the past.

1.     That the defendant procured, hired assassins to commit murder, and had committed murder and rape.

2.     That the defendant is an all time criminal and a robber.

3.     That he also traffics in drugs."

There is still more. The parties in the original action are Mrs. Edith I. Ike-Okongwu and Mr. Musa Gowon as plaintiffs and General Yakubu Gowon as defendant. In the counter-claim the parties are General Yakubu Gowon as plaintiff and Mrs. Edith I. Ike-Okongwu, True Tales Publications Limited and Kayode Ajala as defendants. It will be seen clearly that the parties in both actions are not the same. The 2nd plaintiff is conspicuously absent in the defendant's action. The 2nd and 3rd defendants – True Tales Publications Limited and Kayode Ajala on the other hand did not feature in the original action.

    From the foregoing it will be seen clearly that the issues for resolution in the two actions are not the same; they are not  inter-related. In the second place the parties are not the same. In the circumstances, I hold that the suits cannot be conveniently tried together. This issue disposes of this appeal.

    I find it unnecessary to deal with the other issues raised in this appeal. It must be recalled that this suit was brought in 1990. It is now about 12 years old and the substantive case is still before the Lagos State High Court. This is regrettable.

    In the light of the reasons which I have given above, this appeal fails and I dismiss it and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 10th of August, 1993. I award costs of N10,000.00 in favour of the plaintiffs. In view of the age of the substantive action I order that the High Court of Lagos State give it expeditious hearing.

 

 

UWAIS, C.J.N.: I have had the advantage of reading in draft the judgment read by my learned brother, Katsina-Alu, JSC. I entirely agree and have nothing to add. Accordingly, I too hereby dismiss the appeal and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeal which confirmed that of the trial court. Costs assessed at N10,000.00 is awarded in favour of the respondents against the appellant.

 

 

OGUNDARE, J.S.C.: I agree entirely with the judgment of my learned brother, Katsina-Alu, JSC just delivered. I have nothing more to add. I too dismiss the appeal with costs as assessed by my learned brother.

 

 

ONU, J.S.C.: I have had a preview of the judgment of my learned brother, Katsina-Alu, JSC just delivered. I am in entire agreement therewith that the appeal fails and it is dismissed with similar consequential orders inclusive of costs.

 

 

EJIWUNMI, J.S.C.: Being privileged to have read the judgment just delivered by my learned brother Katsina-Alu, JSC, I also dismiss the appeal for the reasons given in the said judgment. And award costs in the sum of N10,00.00 in favour of the plaintiffs.

 

Appeal dismissed.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Ayo Ojutalayo <ayoojutalayo@yahoo.com> wrote:

Cyril,

You have an opportunity to pour accumulated anger on Go On With One Nigeria . . . hehehe! I did not know that there was 3Rs agreement with Biafra. Was the agreement the condition given by biafrans before agreeing to surrender or what? Who signed the agreement? You people like to deceive yourselves too much.

Ayo Ojutalayo

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On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Sherif Anyanwu

<lasherif@hotmail.com> wrote:

The same lack of testicular fortitude which characterized Gowon is what caused Musa Gowon untoward suffering all his life. Can any of us imagine what Musa Gowon has gone through in his life because of the cowardice and stupidity of Yakubu Gowon? I can only imagine what Miss Edith Ike (may her Soul rest in peace) went through in the hands of such a vile man. I hereby extol Madam Edith Ike. I am proud of her. I salute her courage. She was and is a true Igbo amazon. She maintained her honesty and innocence even while she was maligned, demonized and harassed by Gowon and his bigoted family. She stood her ground and protected her boy to the best of her ability. Today even in death, she has been vindicated and the shame is on the congenital coward, Yakubu Gowon.  

Yakubu Gowon was too weak to uphold the Aburi Accord, which he negotiated, endorsed and signed. For the weakness and stupidity of Yakubu Gowon, one million of my people perished. 

He was too weak to enforce the reconstruction, reconciliation agreement he had with Biafra to end the war.

Yes, Yakubu Gowon, for 42 years was not man enough to accept his own son.

It does not require a DNA, just look at the photo. If Yakubu Gowon needed a DNA to acknowledge that Musa Gowon is his biological son, he is a bloody fool.

Yakubu Gowon is a vile and dishonest man. He was a bum then and he is a bum now!!!!   

Cyril Anyanwu

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You are correct Imperial Wizard. The woman maintained, throughout her life, that Gowon was the father of her son but Gowon, like a cunning bum, not only denied fathering the young man, he also made fun of her publicly and dragged her through the courts needlessly. Had Gowon stood up like a man and also been a father, it is possible that the younger Gowon would not be the jail bird that he is today.

 

Are we supposed to commend him for relying on a DNA test 48 years later, even though the young man looks, and has always looked, just like him? Yakubu Gowon is a dishonest man, period. The same dishonesty he applied in orchestrating the assassination of his commander-in-chief; in discarding the Aburi Accord; in sanctioning genocide and mass starvation of innocent civilians; in tacitly going along with Dimka's plot to assassinate the equally brutish Murtala Mohammad's, he has reprised in his dealings with his own flesh and blood for 48 years. 

 

This Yakubu Gowon, despite his evil deeds, goes around Nigeria passing himself off as a born again Christian and soliciting mass prayer sessions and prayer warriors. Were there a God and a heaven, Gowon would certainly smell neither -- his hands are drenched in the blood of the innocent and in offending and oppressing those (Edith and her son) who meant him no harm. 

 

Tufiakwa!

 

Nebukadineze Adiele
Reject Religion; Relive Reason!

 

In a message dated 3/10/2016 10:01:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, imperial_ltd@yahoo.com writes:

I respect late Edith Okongwu more from today .

IMPRISONED SON IS HIS AFTER DNA TESTS

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Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Head of the Nigerian Military Government, during the Nigerian civil war, has acknowledged that Jack Musa Gowon is his son, following DNA tests.  The 48-year-old man had returned to Nigeria after serving a 20-year imprisonment in California, U.S.  A statement issued by Gen. Gowon himselfm read:

"Following years of doubts and speculation, a DNA test was recently conducted to ascertain the paternity of Musa Gowon who recently returned to the country. The results of the tests were conclusive and they confirm his paternity. We, the family, are working to assist in his rehabilitation following a very difficult period in his life. As we look forward to the future with faith in God, we request that our privacy be respected. Thank you"

Many Igbo have accused Gowon of hypocrisy in carrying on sexual relationship with an Igbo woman, Miss Edith Ike, (who later married Mr. Okongwu), while he was slaughtering and starving to death millions of the Igbo during the war.

 

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