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This one sometimes talks like a drunkard.

This werey don shag people wife tire...

Okay o...

For what I keep seeing happening around me in Nigeria....

I pity men with no discipline over themselves and their partners

I have come to realise that more than half of children born out of wedlock are not truly for the men they tie the children to

If that test is cheap, many men would like to do it

onuman:
I used to think that Odumeje clowns. But now I can see he is frank.

Next time, be sure to read the content of the article and not just the title. If you don't understand his context, it may be a comprehension issue on your part.

pussyphilia:
This is what I have been saying in the issue. In many parts of Nigeria, especially Igbo tribe, any child born in a marriage belongs to the husband regardless of paternity. Even if the couple are separated and the wife got pregnant by another man during the separation, such child belongs to the husband unless bride price has been returned to the wife's family. In some cases, if the man died after marriage without his own child, the wife is encouraged to get pregnant from outside in order that the family does not close.

if you father another man's child and the other man come to claim the child after 20 years,
DNA will be Done by Nigerian Lagal System (Not your traditional court)
and he will take his kid from you

Also, if you were to travel to some Countries, DNA is cumpulsory.
if you find out after 35 yrs that your son is not Yours...You will not even have the Courage to say what your said above

you will be too devastated to even claim him

Namaster:
Pastors THRIVE in deception.
So it's NO surprise that he's advocating for fellow DECEIVERS.

Paternity Fraud is a huge PROBLEM.
DNA Test is the SOLUTION.

ANYBODY who tells you to ignore DNA Test is your ENEMY.

Nigeria has a HIGH Poverty rate of over 60%.

Now, imagine BREAKING your back as a man to make money to RAISE and FEED the product of another man's JIZZ while simultaneously subsidizing the lifestyle of a WORHE.

You'll be taking responsibility for 2 or MORE people that you have ZERO business dealing with.

In fact as it stands right now, DNA Tests should be taught as a significant part of Financial Planning and Literacy.

With one DNA Test, you could be free from the Financial BURDENS of as many as 2 people.

ANYBODY who is against DNA Test is a GENETIC TERRORIST.

Can't you the man have control of yourself?

At least na

judewrites:
So does that mean women are free to cheat secretly on their husbands in igbo culture with impunity❓❓❓

That's indirectly what the pastor is saying.

This statement is beyond your scope of reasoning so just comot mouth from the matter, Igbo culture is very deep and requires a lot of wisdom to understand, women are not permitted to cheat but there could be circumstances where a man is perhaps impotent or have a hereditary medical situation and he must have children, under certain arrangements his wife could be permitted to go out and get pregnant from a man without any defects to have beautiful children in his lineage, you see a man who is a dwarf with hunchback having children that are so tall to play in NBA basketball and nobody will ask questions openly because everyone knows what happened there and if you ever say it openly or doubt his ability to produce those giant children by asking for a DNA Test you could be heavily fined by Umunna.

Nkubi the dwarf Nollywood Star wife said that a Doctor asked her why she didn't get pregnant for her husband's brother without dwarfism and the story is posted here on Nairaland. In Igbo land if you have dwarfism you are not permitted to repeat it in your lineage like Nkubi and your family knows what to do for you. This is not meant to disparage the actor

Hmmm,men of nowadays are too weak and reason why many got strokes, hypertension and die young...our forefathers get mind to the extent they fathered bastard and if Dem born the right father make him come claim the child....but no to infidelity

Guyman02:
This statement is beyond your scope of reasoning so just comot mouth from the matter, Igbo culture is very deep and requires a lot of wisdom to understand, women are not permitted to cheat but there could be circumstances where a man is perhaps impotent or have a hereditary medical situation and he must have children, under certain arrangements his wife could be permitted to go out and get pregnant from a man without any defects to have beautiful children in his lineage, you see a man who is a dwarf with hunchback having children that are so tall to play in NBA basketball and nobody will ask questions openly because everyone knows what happened there and if you ever say it openly you could be heavily fined by Umunna

This are exceptional cases and Igbo and Yoruba cultures respect this arrangement

OvertheTop:
if you father another man's child and the other man come to claim the child after 20 years,
DNA will be Done by Nigerian Lagal System (Not your traditional court)
and he will take his kid from you

Also, if you were to travel to some Countries, DNA is cumpulsory.
if you find out after 35 yrs that your son is not Yours...You will not even have the Courage to say what your said above

you will be too devastated to even claim him

That's why women need to be discreet in such situations. They must not tell the other man who got them pregnant when they want to pin the pregnancy on their husbands. If the impregnator is not aware, there won't be problem in the future.

The bigger picture.

These pastors sleep with peoples' wives especially the ones looking for "fruit of the womb" and get many of them pregnant. The unsuspecting husbands of these women will be rejoicing that God has done it not knowing the children are fathered by the pastor.
So, what this charlatan is trying to do is to try and work on the thought process of men whose wives are being impregnated by the pastors so they don't go for DNA which could implicate the pastor.
I think he is one of those pastors. Every man in his church whose wife was once looking for pregnancy and got pregnant after seeing this man should look for money ASAP and do paternity test on the said child.

And you forgot to mention the critical part where he said that lab test is not absolutely "Correct" in many cases

alphonsojidebab:
https://eyesoflagos.com/2026/03/28/odumeje-dna-test-igbo-culture-reaction/

“AVOID DNA, IT’S AGAINST IGBO CULTURE” – Pastor Odumeje

Pastor Odumeje has cautioned couples against DNA testing, calling it a violation of Igbo traditions. He reaffirmed that a child born to a wife is automatically considered the husband’s, urging families to honor cultural… pic.twitter.com/EewyQWC2GU

— The Yoruba Times (@TheYorubaTimes) March 27, 2026

pastor don give plenty church members belle!

Nobi say u no mümû o, dis yaan na to revalidate your múmú

Abrahills:
The bigger picture.

These pastors sleep with peoples' wives especially the ones looking for "fruit of the womb" and get many of them pregnant. The unsuspecting husbands of these women will be rejoicing that God has done it not knowing the children are fathered by the pastor.
So, what this charlatan is trying to do is to try and work on the thought process of men whose wives are being impregnated by the pastors so they don't go for DNA which could implicate the pastor.
I think he is one of those pastors. Every man in his church whose wife was once looking for pregnancy and got pregnant after seeing this man should look for money ASAP and do paternity test on the said child.

And come scatter church after detection.

I hear you.

SporaD8:
If your woman attends his church, you're most likely to raise his child!

Number 1 comment.

This trash that came out from this man’s mouth will actually make some women happy.

Katell:
Then, I will start moving from one church to another when the child start exhibiting behaviours that are strange to my lineage and i am thinking he/she has been possessed.

what if the child starts demonstrating strange inherited sicknesses and abnormalities like madness, inability for blood to clot during an injury, albinism etc that are strange to both parents families with some women giving birth to sticklers while their husbands are AA genotype?

TheGift:
Some Women will be really happy to hear this .

Thank God all the DNA test I need is in the face of my Child. Not like I have any reason to suspect my Wife of infidelity

not every child resembles their parent

virginboy1:
This man is an epitome of a fake pastor...I only like his entarntainment aspects..he seems to be a comedian....

But that man of god... na lamba

Well, prosperity, hope and fear sells in Nigeria..anybody that can sell it very well..will thrive as pastor...weda real or fake

I am an ardent listener and follower of this man.
Not because of his message but because of the entertainment as he makes me laugh

Rossychy:
This is traditionally or culturally correct. Any child a woman gives birth to under the roof of any man whether the man is dead or alive, belongs to him.

na so them go do your son.
No worry

Rossychy:
This is traditionally or culturally correct. Any child a woman gives birth to under the roof of any man whether the man is dead or alive, belongs to him.

Whether the man is dead Like he died in 2023, she gave birth in 2025 and the child is still his?

saintopus:
The pastor is right, as an Ijaw man, I know that as part of the Ijaw culture any child born by your wife belings to the husband.
This is true of what I met in the early 80s growing up as child.
There was no need for DNA, there are even cases of clear difference in the family but the man will just accept it. Sometimes those children will rise to be the breadwinner in the family.
I will never conduct a DNA test even if billions of dollars on the children.
I don't have any need for one because my children are my photocopy.

Is it like the one I quoted above 👆 when the man is dead too. Is that his child when he dies? That is the one I am interested in.

Only God knows how many kids him dey father secretly 🤔

pussyphilia:
This is what I have been saying in the issue. In many parts of Nigeria, especially Igbo tribe, any child born in a marriage belongs to the husband regardless of paternity. Even if the couple are separated and the wife got pregnant by another man during the separation, such child belongs to the husband unless bride price has been returned to the wife's family. In some cases, if the man died after marriage without his own child, the wife is encouraged to get pregnant from outside in order that the family does not close.

I understand it from the point of bride price and that is why she still belongs to that family but to say that the child is theirs when you are tracing lineage, I am not sure about that. While the Igbo law determines who a child belongs to for the sake of land, titles, and name, the core idea, the collective responsibility for children is a foundational principle in many African cultures and is often summarized by the famous proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child." In western individualistic cultures, children are often viewed primarily as the responsibility of the nuclear family.

"Nwa bụ nwa ọra" (A child belongs to all/the community). This is the same idea that while a child has one father for inheritance, every adult in the community has a duty to look after that child’s well-being.

Child ownership is a formal system rooted in patrilineal lineage and the payment of the bride price for the Igbos. Legally and traditionally, fatherhood is defined by marriage rites rather than just biology. If a man has paid the bride price for a woman, any child she bears is considered his child, belonging to his ancestral lineage and entitled to his name and inheritance. Just as, if no bride price is paid, the child traditionally belongs to the mother’s father’s lineage.



Again, when a man dies, and she remarries outside the family clan, is the child still the dead man's?

I agree with this advice. All of you genz men can go ahead and give yourselves sleepless nights and high bp because of children.

advanceDNA:
Na this kind advice dem Dey like give other women’s son….. wait make e reach their own son….

You go hear…hiaaan!! “I will not use this my back to carry a bsatrad”.

Every father in that church should conduct a DNA test on their children ASAP.
Era of manipulation all in the name of being a pastor is gone.
What kind of yeye unfair tradition is that one.

This is exactly what I am saying.

Origin matters.

greenermodels:
what if the child starts demonstrating strange inherited sicknesses and abnormalities like madness, inability for blood to clot during an injury, albinism etc that are strange to both parents families with some women giving birth to sticklers while their husbands are AA genotype?

Exactly what I would do. Why do I need to throw myself into emotional trauma?

Katell:
This is exactly what I am saying.

Origin matters.

What would you do in such situation?
What if the child becomes a celebrity?

pussyphilia:
That's why women need to be discreet in such situations. They must not tell the other man who got them pregnant when they want to pin the pregnancy on their husbands. If the impregnator is not aware, there won't be problem in the future.

So your discreetness will save u if embassy requirement of DNA test comes up ??
See , ehn …. The truth is very weird….. ive noticed over and again how it shows its face even when nobody is searching for it…. Its almost like the truth hates being hidden..

Imagine how person leave lagos go commit adultery for Oshogbo… na her neighbour son wey dey campus .. wey no even dey look for her jam her with another man for hotel, same hotel the student dey host their final year party…..