Obrafuor to take blood test

Confronted with the prospect of being named father of a set of three-year-old twins, Ghana's hiplife rap supreme, Mike Eliot Kwabena Asiamah a.k.a Obrafuor, has put his blood on the line to determine if indeed he fathered the children, reports the Graphic Showbiz.

The mother of the twins, 25-year-old Miss Vida Amoah, an unemployed Senior Secondary School graduate claims that Obrafuor is the father of her two boys and she would be ready to present them for a DNA test to prove her claim.

Making the claim at the GNA offices in Asante Mampong and picked by Joy FM radio last week, Vida said she lived close to Obrafuor at Taifa in Accra, where she fell in love with the musician. She became pregnant six months later and subsequently gave birth to the twin boys on March 3, 1998 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Vida claimed that when he was informed of the pregnancy, Obrafuor, who had then started his musical career, wanted her to abort the pregnancy but later dropped the idea because he could not afford the cost.

She claimed that Obrafuor abandoned her four months into her pregnancy, adding that not even her delivery through caesarean section could elicit the sympathy of the musican.

According to Vida, her parents could not support her upkeep and that of the children due to cost of living in Accra and she was, therefore, forced to send the children to her hometown, Asante-Manpong.

Obrafuor has however, described Vida's claims as balderdash.

Speaking to Showbiz last Monday, the dreadlocked musician said he was most surprised by it all. "In fact neither Vida nor her parents has approached me to discuss any matter concerning the pregnancy and delivery yet this girl has had the children for three years. How?" he asked.

"Quite recently, Maame Afia Konadu of Peace FM informed me that an aunt of Vida Amoah had reported me to her concerning the twins and she had arranged a meeting for us to discuss the matter but up till now Vida and her family have not come for us to have that meeting.

Obrafuor however admitted having had a brief affair with Vida some three years ago at Taifa where both of them lived. He said he slept with her but she was not her girlfriend and that even when she was pregnant he saw her several times and inquired about who was responsible but she did not mention him. "In fact, I used to tease her anytime I saw her", he added.