A Nigerian therapist and feminist, Victor Ibeh, has shocked many after he took to social media platform, Facebook to rejoice about changing his surname to his mother’s name.
Victor Ibeh filed for a change of name at the High Court of Justice in Abuja and his request to take his mother’s name was granted.
Victor Ibeh, who now goes by Victor Ruth (Ruth being his mother’s name), took to Facebook to rejoice after the court granted his request.
He wrote:
“Meet Victor Ruth, the first feminist to take his mother’s name as his surname, It happened in the year of our Lord, 2020.”