Nigerian footballer accused of abandoning his child since 2015

Nigerian footballer accused of abandoning his child since 2015

A middle-aged woman, Esther Emiola, has dragged ex-Super Eagles star Sani Kaita to the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) over an alleged child abandonment.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Monday, that Eniola's legal representative, Frank Tietie, of the Forthright Chamber, Area 11, Abuja alleged that the former Nigerian international put her in the family way as he got her pregnant in 2015, with a promise to tie the knots but absconded later.

In his petition, Tietie cited Section 16(1A) of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) 2015, purported that the ex-Kano Pillars ace Kaita, never inquired after the child's welfare nor the mother's upkeep.

NAN further revealed that Section 16(1A) of the VAPP Act 2015 duels on abandonment of children, spouse and other dependents without a means of sustenance.

"A person who abandons a wife or husband, children or other dependent without any means of sustenance commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding N500,000.00 or both," the section read in part.

The petition from the woman's lawyer reads as follow:
"We are solicitors to Esther Emiola; hereinafter referred to as our client and on whose instructions we hereby write to request the arrest and compulsion of Sani Kaita on grounds of abandonment, according to the provision of Section 16 VAPP Act 2015.

"Mr Kaita is well known international footballer with sufficient financial means of providing for the welfare of the baby and his mother but he has willfully chosen to abandon them for three years .

"Presently Mr Kaita is in Abuja and he is again seeking the possibility of another sexual liaison with our client and has invited her to a secret location in Abuja."

Responding on the petition, NAPTIP Director of Investigation and Monitoring, Josiah Emerole, told NAN that after receiving the petition they have taken the necessary action.

"The petition has been forwarded to the appropriate unit of the agency for necessary action," Emerole submitted.

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