Ojukwu's Family Asks Bianca For Proof Of marriage

Some members of the Ojukwu family have
asked the Nigerian Ambassador to Spain,
Bianca Ojukwu, to show proof that she
was legally married to the late Ikemba of
Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu.
In a 19-paragraph statement of defence
filed by Ojukwu Transport Limited and
seven others before Justice Funmilayo
Atilade of the Lagos High Court, the
family equally demanded proof from
Bianca that her two sons, Afamefuna and
Nwachukwu are biological sons of
Odimegwu- Ojukwu.
The other defendants are Prof. Joseph
Ojukwu, Engr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, Lotanna
Putalora Ojukwu, Dr Patrick Ojukwu, Arc.
Edward Ojukwu, Lota Akajiora Ojukwu and
Mrs. Massey Udegbe (doing business
under Massey Udegbe & Company).
Bianca had in suit No: LD/1539/2012
filed on behalf of her two under-aged
children, Afamefuna and Nwachukwu
(claimants), wants the court to declare
that her children are entitled to the
possession and occupation of the property
known as No. 29, Oyinkan Abayomi
Street, Ikoyi Lagos, until the
harmonisation of the management and
administration of the assets of the first
defendant (OTL).
At the resumed hearing of the suit
yesterday, counsel to Bianca and her
children, was not in court which
necessitated Justice Atilade to adjourn the
suit till December 10 for adoption of
written addresses on a Motion on Notice
seeking to restrain the defendants from
the property in dispute.
Bianca’s children had through their
lawyer; Chris Ezugwu, prayed the court to
declare as illegal the threat of forceful
ejection from 29, Oyinkan Abayomi
Street, by the defendants.
In addition, they urged the court to
declare that they are entitled to possess
the following property, namely: No 13,
Hawksworth Road, Ikoyi (now known as
No. 13 Ojora Road); No 32A, Commercial
Avenue, Yaba, Lagos; No 30, Gerard Road,
Ikoyi, Lagos; No. 30, McPherson Avenue,
Ikoyi.
Bianca’s children said throughout the
period their father was struggling to
retrieve the properties from the
government, the second to the seventh
defendants “never played any role in the
struggle nor contributed financially or
otherwise to the realisation of the
struggle.”
Besides, the claimant is asking for an
order of court restraining the defendants,
their agents or privies from interfering
with the claimants’possesion and control
of the properties.
But, in their statement of defence, the 1st
to the 7th defendants through their
lawyer, George Uwechue, SAN, averred
that the subscribers of the memorandum
of association of Ojukwu Transport
Limited (1st defendant) at incorporation
in 1952 were L. P. Ojukwu and Betram
Chukwuemeka Obi, adding that the late
Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu and one
Prof. Joseph Ojukwu (2nd defendant) were
later appointed as directors in 1953.
They stated that late Chukwuemeka
Odimegwu- Ojukwu thereafter ceased to
be a director of the company prior to the
Nigerian civil war and was reappointed as
a director on December 16, 2005 while
the 3rd and 4th defendants were
appointed directors in 1954 and 2005
respectively.
They added that the claimants’ statement
of claim contained tissues of lies and
distorted facts alleging that Bianca who
instituted the suit, “being greedy felt that
she could hold unto the company’s
properties.”

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