A Ghanaian man living in Asia, Apraku Kelvin Darlington, has appeared on Lawson TV’s Afisem programme to demand a DNA test after his wife, Ernestina Nti Konadu, allegedly told him that he was not the biological father of the child they had been raising together.
According to Kelvin, he met Ernestina, a nurse based in Offinso in the Ashanti Region, on Facebook in 2015. The two dated for four years before getting married.
Speaking on the June 18, 2026, edition of Afisem, a programme that resolves domestic disputes, Kelvin narrated that after their marriage, they had a child, whom he took responsibility for from birth.
“At the time, I was working as a trotro mate but I made sure I performed my responsibilities as a father. A year after the child was born, I travelled to Asia to hustle and continued to support my family financially,” he said.
He stated that he paid GH¢15,000 for his wife’s mother's surgery, provided accommodation for them and consistently sent money home every month.
According to him, his siblings also supported the family with provisions and financial assistance.
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Kelvin claimed that he spends more than GH¢5,000 monthly on the child and has fulfilled his duties as a father throughout his time abroad.
However, he said he was shocked when his wife allegedly called him one day to inform him that she no longer wanted to continue the marriage and that the child was not his.
“She told me she had made up her mind a long time ago to end the marriage and that the child was not mine. She also said I would no longer have access to the child. She went to the school where I personally enrolled the child and instructed the authorities not to allow me or some of my family members to see the child,” he alleged.
Kelvin said he reported the issue to his wife’s parents but did not receive a response that satisfied him.
According to him, he informed his mother-in-law that he intended to conduct a DNA test and that if the results proved he was not the biological father, he would demand reimbursement for all the money he had spent on the child.
However, he claimed his mother-in-law responded by saying that if he could calculate the number of times he had slept with her daughter and pay for it, they would also refund the money he spent raising the child.
“I was abroad when my wife called me and said she had long decided to end our marriage and that she could no longer stay with me. She also told me that the child was not mine and, as a result, I would no longer be allowed to see the child.
“I then told her mother that I would conduct a DNA test and if it proved that the child was not mine, they should refund all the money I had spent raising the child. However, her mother told me that if I could also calculate the number of times I had slept with her daughter and pay for it, they would equally pay me back.”
Kelvin added that after the disagreement, he requested that his wife return his marriage ring and schnapps through his family, which she reportedly did through a delivery person.
He further disclosed that he had already processed passports for both his wife and the child and maintains that a DNA test should be conducted to establish the child’s true paternity.
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