Former Black Stars striker, Nii Odartey Lamptey has confessed that he nearly committed suicide after finding out that he never fathered any of the three children he had with his ex-wife, Gloria Appiah.
The former national team player said ‘so-much pain filled my heart upon discovering the truth after a DNA test’.
This pain, he revealed nearly led him into ending his life as he saw himself as someone unfit to live.
“I nearly committed suicide because it was such a painful thing to learn…,” he told the media.
The former wife of Nii Odartey Lamptey lost a claim for a 50% share of the fortunes of the former Ghana and Anderlecht star in a heart-wrenching infidelity drama which rocked the West African nation four years ago.
An Accra High Court ruled on Wednesday Gloria Appiah committed ‘adultery’ when she gave birth to three children out of wedlock and subsequently quashed her motion to be awarded half of the property of the former footballer.
Justice Cecilia Don-Chebe Agbevey who put finality to the winding legal battle also ordered the estranged wife to vacate the footballer’s plush 7-bedroom apartment in East Legon within 30 days.
“I thank God for taking me through this fight successfully because I didn’t know how far I could go. I’m grateful that the toils that I have gone through for the past 21 years did not go in vain.
“Though I’ve lost a few properties, I’m very content that at the end of this case, I have retained most of them and I’m still alive too,” he told the media.
“When I was informed that the [three] children were not mine, I know how I felt. Playing the role of a father to children I thought were mine for 21 years and realizing otherwise later, I nearly committed suicide. God gave me renewed energy and courage to withstand these pains and today, I can say I have gotten over them all.
“And today, with the final judgment, I thank God that my properties, my school and others I have kept them. She can take the little awarded her. Today the divorce has been granted and that burden that was on me is gone. Now, I’m a free and happy man, ready to start life again.
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