Widow, Bianca’s Absence Forces Postponement Of Hearing Of Case On Ojukwu’s Estate In Court To Dec 11

The absence of Widow, Binaca has forced adjournment of hearing on case centring on estate of late igbo leader Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu till December 11 2015.

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Hearing on the suit against Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL) and seven others before a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, was on Monday stalled, following the unavailability of the claimant, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu.

Bianca, the widow of late Biafran warlord, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, had on behalf of her two under-aged children – Afamefuna and Nwachukwu – filed the suit at the court.

In the suit, the Nigerian ambassador to Spain, prayed the court to declare as illegal, the threat of forceful eviction from 29, Oyinkan
Bianca Ojukwu
Abayomi Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, issued by the defendants.

At the resumed hearing before Justice Abdulfattah Lawal on Monday, the matter could not go on because Bianca was said to be in a meeting with a United Nations representative.

Counsel to the defendants, George Uwechue (SAN) informed the court of a letter signed by Bianca’s lawyer, Chioma Okoro, stating that she will not be in court because of a meeting with the UN World Tourism Organisation Secretary General, Dr. Taleb Rafai scheduled for November 9.

Although the court said it did not receive the letter, the trial judge gave Bianca benefit of doubt and adjourned till December 11 for trial.

Bianca had urged the court to declare that her children are entitled to possession of the property pending the harmonisation of the management and administration of assets of the first defendant (OTL).

Other defendants in the suit are – Prof. Joseph Ojukwu, Emmanuel Ojukwu, Lotanna Putalora Ojukwu, Dr Patrick Ojukwu, Edward Ojukwu, Lota Akajiora Ojukwu and Mrs. Massey Udegbe (doing business under Massey Udegbe & Company).

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