Widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Bianca, will be cross- examined on April 26, in the legal battle between her children and the deceased’s brothers, a High Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos State, held yesterday.
Mrs. Ojukwu and her late husband’s siblings are in dispute over portions of the family estate.
Bianca underwent her examination-in-chief before Justice Abdulfattah Lawal of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, on Monday.
The former beauty queen was due for cross-examination by the defense counsel yesterday, but her lawyer, Mr. Nick Omeje, asked for an adjournment to enable him file an amended writ of summons, because according to him, he had the amended writ and an additional statement of claims.
Justice Lawal granted his request and adjourned the matter till February 29, for the hearing of the motion and April 26 and 27, for the continuation of trial.
Mrs. Ojukwu, on behalf of her two under-aged children, Afamefuna and Nwachukwu (claimants), dragged Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL) and seven others before the court over an alleged move by the family to eject her sons from the family’s property in Lagos, through OTL.
She is asking the court to declare that her children are entitled to the possession and occupation of one of the property (29 Oyinkan Abayomi Street, Ikoyi, Lagos), until the harmonisation of the management and administration of the assets of the first defendant (OTL).
The defendants are Prof. Joseph Ojukwu, Emmanuel Ojukwu, Lotanna Putalora Ojukwu, Dr Patrick Ojukwu, Edward Ojukwu, Lota Akajiora Ojukwu and Mrs. Massey Udegbe.
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