There are reports of a 44-year-old man, Ikechukwu Ozichukwu, and
his mother, Mrs. Comfort Ebubechukwu, in battle over the sale of one of
the family’s houses.
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The building, a semi-detached duplex located on 21 Road, H Close,
FESTAC, Lagos State, was allegedly sold in January 2013 while Ozichukwu
was still living there with his wife and two children.
It was
learnt that Ozichukwu’s mother allegedly sold the house for N27m.
Another property was subsequently purchased at the Satellite Town area
in the name of his younger brother who lived in the United States.
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Metro gathered that it was when the new buyer wanted to move into the
house that Ozichukwu knew that the house no longer belonged to the
family.
Ozichukwu said, “Early this year, I was approached by two
buyers who claimed that the house was for sale. At the time, my mother
was away in the United States. When the rumour persisted, I obtained a
Caveat on the house from the Ikeja High Court.
“But when my
mother returned a few weeks after, she said she had indeed put the house
up for sale. I objected to this because this was the only property that
my late father had in Lagos.”
He added that his objection did not go down well with his mother.
A
few weeks later, the son said his mum’s lawyer, Mr. Sam Eneonwuta, came
to the house with some documents showing that he had agreed to the
sale.
He said, “I am a joint administrator with my mother for our
father’s estate, so my permission is also needed on anything that would
happen to the estate. Of, course, I declined to sign the documents.
“I
was arrested some days later by some policemen from the Area E Command,
FESTAC. My mother had written a petition alleging threat to life. I was
detained for two days. Later, the Area Commander advised us to settle
the dispute.
“In March 2013, my mother who also lived in the same
building, moved out without my knowledge. Soon after this, I got a quit
notice from my mother’s lawyer, giving me a week’s notice to vacate the
premises.”
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