Odartey Lamptey: Former Ghana Footballer Wins Battle To Recover His Mansion From Ex-wife Who Gave Him 3 Kids That Failed DNA Tests

A Court in Accra has ruled that former Ghana football star, Nii Odartey Lamptey be given back his mansion at East Legon following years of a legal battle with his ex-wife, Gloria Adjoa Appiah. The former RSC Anderlecht player has been in court since 2014 pleading with the court for his mansion bought for US$100,000 (current price of the property is over $1m) somewhere in 1998/1999 to be returned to him after parting ways with his wife.

The divorce became necessary after Nii Odartey Lamptey shockingly discovered through a DNA test that all three children he fathered with Gloria were not his. Today, a Court ruling has finally gone in his favour as he secures his rightful ownership of the huge mansion at East Legon.

Reacting to the ruling in an interview today with Accra-based Angel TV, Nii Odartey Lamptey says he is delighted. “This is a house I bought for $100,000 around 1998/1999 while playing in Germany so you can imagine. I was given one hour to leave the house when my ex-wife filed for divorce. I'm extremely happy at this new ruling”.

The court finally reversed an earlier decision that gave the house to Mr. Lamptey’s ex-wife in their bitter divorce settlement. Lamptey, according to reports has been living in rented apartments since 2014 after the wife sued to claim the house following their divorce.

Since his divorce from Gloria Appiah, Nii Odartey Lamptey has gone on to marry again to Ruweida Yakubu. They have three children.