Actor Abdul Salam Taofeek reveals pain of discovering two of his five children were not his

Veteran Yoruba actor Abdul Salam Taofeek, known as "Tioruju Mondusi," has shared the deeply painful experience of discovering that two of the five children he raised were not his biological offspring. In a viral clip from an interview on the African A-List podcast, Taofeek recounted how his late wife, whose name he withheld, admitted in court that another man, identified as Kehinde, was the father of two of their children.

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I went to answer the court summons and was told she was filing for divorce. I agreed to it. That was when I found out that out of the five children, only three were mine and two were not. I asked her to specify which ones were mine.

Taofeek explained that the revelation came during a court summons related to divorce proceedings. He agreed to the divorce, only to learn that out of five children, three were his and two were not. His wife specified that the first and second children, Ibrahim and Habeeb, were his, the third was not, the fourth was his, and the fifth was not. The court case proceeded, and the other man was summoned.

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She said the first, Ibrahim, was mine; the second, Habeeb, was mine; the third was not mine, yet I was the one who named all of them. She said the fourth was mine and the fifth was not.

Describing the incident as the most painful of his life, Taofeek stated that his late wife hurt him more than anyone else. He noted that she died last year without marrying Kehinde, as he was already married with four children. Taofeek had requested a DNA test for all five children to be presented in court. The court ruled that if the other man could not comply, the children would remain Taofeek's. He ultimately left his wife with all five children, and they are now with him, though the two not biologically his visit and stay with him periodically.

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It pains me that she is now dead. She died last year. She never ended up marrying that man. She died without having married him, because he was already married with four children.

The actor first suspected something was amiss when he returned from work to find his wife absent. His favorite child informed him that she had left home three days prior, nine months pregnant. He was unable to contact her for days, and when he finally did, she stated that no one should look for her. At the time, she had four sons with him and was carrying their fifth child. She gave birth without informing him, leading him to curse and abuse her. He went to her mother's house to report the situation, only to find a picture of his wife with another man hanging in the living room. After confronting her mother and then his wife, who admitted he was not the father of the pregnancy, he had both his wife and Kehinde arrested.

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The court ruled that if he could not comply, the children would remain mine. I eventually left her with all five children, as I had my own children. The children are now with me, except for the two, though they do come and go.