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Somewhere in Nigeria, there was a very wealthy man who had a son out of wedlock.In his will he bequeathed a part of his estate to him.When this man died, his legal wife and the children she bore him in wedlock objected to any part of the man's estate being given to this child born him by another woman he was never married to upon the execution of the will on the grounds that the child who was born out of wedlock was an illegitimate child.What is the fate of this guy in the Nigerian law?

Apart from the fact that the law regards the contents of the will of a person as binding upon his death subject to some statutory limitations in certain cases though, section 42 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria prohibits discrimination of any kind against any Nigerian by reason of the circumstances surrounding his birth.

Therefore, in the above scenario the provision of that will bequeathing part of the deceased's estate to his son born out of wedlock is binding and the child is entitled to that share of the property given to him in the will. Further, by the above-cited provision of the constitution, there is no illegitimate child or bastard in Nigeria.

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