Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- Over the weekend, I watched a movie titled Love is Goodness.

In this movie, a couple entered into a surrogacy agreement with a woman to carry a pregnancy to term for a fee of 3 million. Midway into the pregnancy, medical tests revealed a 50-50 chance that the child may be born with a deformity.

Following this discovery, the couple disappeared with no communication, no termination notice, no payment. The surrogate mother eventually gave birth and kept the child. It got me thinking.

Who breached the contract under Nigerian law?

Nigeria currently has no comprehensive federal legislation regulating surrogacy

As a result, surrogacy agreements operate within a legal grey area, often tested against public policy, morali...