Former Ghanaian football player Nii Odartey Lamptey has revealed how, upon discovering the paternal status of his alleged children with his ex-wife, a moment of reflection kept him from acting in a way that could have altered the trajectory of his life.
In an interview, Odartey Lamptey disclosed to Dan Kwaku Yeboah that he picked up a rifle and took severe action as soon as he learned the results of the DNA tests.
But in the heat of the moment, he soberly considered his options and decided that using the rifle, whatever he meant, was not the best course of action.
“When the issue happened, I wanted to use my gun. It was in my Tundra, but I decided I would not do anything to jeopardise my life, so I did not use it. I was broken, but I was very patient about it, and that has led me to where I am today.
I believe it was God who spoke to me, and so I decided not to use my gun. It used to be in my Tundra, but I decided not to touch the gun again,” he said.
Providing further details on how he handled the whole situation, Odartey Lamptey said that he dedicated himself to his work, which allowed him to get his mind off the saga.
“I strongly believe that, as a man, you need to marry your job. When the issue happened to me, when I came here, I listened to some of the recordings I made on my phone. If you don’t get close to your job, you’ll lose your job and also lose the other things that you focused on,” he said.
About Odartey Lamptey’s divorce saga
Odartey Lamptey and Gloria Appiah’s marriage collapsed in 2013 after it was discovered through a DNA test that the three children he had reared for years were not his biological offspring.
Odartey Lamptey recalled that after obtaining numerous recordings of his ex-wife’s activities, close friends encouraged him to do a DNA test on the children.
As a result, he took the DNA test, which he later referred to as a turning point that led to his divorce.
After their divorce, the football player was ordered to give up his five-bedroom Dome house and pay GHC400,000 in alimony to his former spouse.
Gloria, his ex-wife, was adamant about being the owner of the seven-bedroom East Legon Mansion and eventually prevailed in a lawsuit that forced the football player to leave the property within an hour, allowing her to move in.
But in March 2022, Gloria Appiah was mandated by a High Court decision to provide the former Ghanaian football player the keys to the East Legon house within a month.
Currently, he is wed to Ruweida Yakubu. 2014 was the beginning of their union. Odartey and Ruweida are parents to three children: a boy and two daughters.
