Nigerian lawyer, Stan Alieke, has said that under the Igbo customary law, it is the bride price that validates the paternity of a child and not even the result from a DNA test.
In a post he shared on his Instastories, and X handle, Alieke further stated that if a man is yet to pay the bride price on the mother of his child, the child will be presumed a bastard or fatherless.
Alieke also stated that the father of a child will not be allowed to take the child until he pays the bride price of the mom even if the woman is dead.
See his post below:
