Edward’s life changed three years ago when his wife left him for another man in the United States of America (USA).
But Edward’s brokenness is not due to his wife’s neglect. Edward had believed for 15 years that he was the father of their daughter. He was going to be let down when his wife dumped him.
Edward, who admitted to feeling empty since the revelation, told his story on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Friday.
According to him, the biological father of his daughter was aware of his child’s existence and was in constant contact with his wife.
As a result, when life settled in the United States, he decided to initiate the procedures for claiming his daughter.
Edward described how his wife conspired with her mother to relocate to the United States to be with the other man before informing him that he was not the biological father of the 15-year-old.
“The gentleman in question had won a visa lottery to the US and had relocated from Ghana to the US and was in constant communication with my spouse without my knowledge. And the man knew very well that the child was his. So when he got his documentation and everything in the US, he decided to file for his daughter whom I thought was mine.
“My wife then came up with a strategy to tell me ‘Don’t you think it is better for us to take the girl to the US where she will get better life’? I was financially down at the time so who was I to say No? I drove them to the airport myself, thinking my wife was going to the US and would return. A month later, her mother called me to tell me that ‘Sorry to tell you, my daughter has found the man who impregnated her and they’ve resettled in the US. The child is not yours,’” he recounted.
This news broke Edward’s heart. He reveals it is his family and friends who keep encouraging him to date.
“It’s been about three years and I am struggling to come back to myself. It’s been three years and I am still struggling to be the man I was. I lost confidence in myself. Everything, everything.
“Luckily, I have friends and family around me who are keeping me going and I am about to start a new life,” he said.
