OJUKWU'S WILL RELEASED AT LAST

Ojukwu and Bianca

The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion’s share. The presentation of the will by the Chief Registrar of the Enugu High Court, Dennis Ekoh, was witnessed by Bianca, Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s first cousin, and Mike Ejemba. In the will, the late Ojukwu identified one Tenny Haman as one of his children.

Ojukwu’s children listed in the will are: Tenny Haman, Chukwuemeka Jnr, Mmegha, Okigbo, Ebele, Chineme, Afam and Nwachukwu.

The will stated that the Casabianca Lodge at No. 7, Forest Crescent, GRA, Enugu, two properties at Jabi and Kuje in the FCT as well as all his money and personal effects be given to his widow Bianca Ojukwu. He also said that Bianca should replace him as the trustee in the family company, Ojukwu Transport Ltd, while also giving her two plots of land in his village at Nnewi. He however, added that if she re-married, the land should be taken away from her.

The first son, Emeka Jnr., got the family house at Nnewi, while the newly mentioned daughter, Tenny Haman, got the Jubilee Hotel located in Zaria, Kaduna State. The Biafran warlord also shared other landed property in the village among all his children. Ojukwu listed the trustees and executors of the will to include Bianca, Emeka Jnr and James Chukwuemeka.

Ojukwus widow Bianca, expressed satisfaction with the content of the will . According to her, “It was a fair will, adding that her late husband did not disappoint them. Bianca who is Nigerias ambassador to spain however expressed shock at the disclosure of a new daughter in the family, whom she said had never been mentioned by her husband.

Masquerade234 however gathered that none of the children of Ikemba was present at the presentation of the will, a situation many observers say might not be unconnected to the squabble in the family.