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Members of the family of the late Publisher of The Guardian Newspaper, Mr. Alex Ibru, are locking horns over the authenticity of the Will left behind by the deceased.
The family dispute centres on 2 Wills with different dates - July 6, 1992 and September 8, 2011.
Another one dated May 22,1989, is apparently not in contention among the family members.
Three siblings of the deceased - Chief Felix Ibru, Miss Grace Ibru, and Mrs. Mabel Okolie (nee Ibru) - are opposed to the one dated September 8, 2011, which the widow of the late Ibru, Maiden, is said to hold as her husband's authentic Will. They insisted that the last and authentic Will of their brother, who died on November 20, 2011, was the one dated July 6, 1992.
The three claimants have therefore initiated a suit before a Lagos High Court against Omamo - a trust said to have been created by Ibru before his death, Maiden, and the Probate Registrar of the Lagos State High Court.
In the suit with the number LD/1776/2012, filed on Friday, they claim that after several protests and opposition by Maiden to the reading of the deceased's Will, on October 31, the 3 Wills allegedly deposited by the late Ibru were eventually read.
Through their counsel, Bimbo Atilola, the claimants seek the court's declaration that the "purported last Will and Testament dated September 8, 2011 and purportedly made by Mr. Alexander Uruemu Ibru" is void and of no effect.
They also seek "an order of injunction directing the Probate Registrar of the Lagos State High Court to forthwith admit to Probate the last Will and Testament of the late Mr. Alexander Uruemu Ibru dated July 6, 1992."
The claimants also want the court to give "an order of mandatory injunction" compelling Maiden to render accounts of her management of the Estate of the deceased between November 20, 2011 till "when she is restrained" by the court "from so acting as an executor de son tort".
They seek N10m against the 3 defendants as cost of the litigation.
In the suit, filed on Friday 16, Nov. 2012, the claimants stated the following in their statement of claim: "The claimants aver that they have reasons to believe that the purported last Will and testament dated September 8, 2011 and purportedly signed by the late Alexander Uruemu Ibru is contrived and not the true testamentary intentions of their deceased brother.
"The claimants further contend that the true testamentary intentions and wishes of the late Alexander Uruemu Ibru is as contained in his last Will and Testament dated July 6, 1992."
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Simply Cheska...
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