Ojukwu’s son lied on Will – Lawyer

The Will read last Friday by counsel to the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Odimegwu Ojukwu, has continued to generate controversy in the state as his lawyer Mr. Emeka Onyemelukwe said on Monday that one of the late war lord’s son, Emeka Ojukwu Jr. lied with his claim that he (Onyemelukwe) was not his father’s lawyer.
Ojukwu Jr. had dismissed the Will, saying that it was not his father’s own and vowed not to obey it.
He also claimed that he was not aware of who Onyemelukwe was, describing the Will read at the Enugu High Court as fake.

However, backing his long standing relationship with the late Ojukwu with documents, Onyemelukwe said he prepared the late Biafran leader’s Will in July 2005.
He insisted that Ojukwu had no other Will and that the one read in court last week was incontestable.
He said, “It was a blatant lie for Emeka Ojukwu Jr. to say that he did not know me and that I was not his father’s lawyer, when I was the person that prepared the legal documents for Ojukwu’s commercial property at No 26 Sokoto road, Onitsha, yielding millions of naira, which Emeka Jr. is managing and collecting rents. I was also the lawyer that handled Ojukwu’s case against the Federal Government from the High Court to the Supreme Court.
“I was also the master of ceremony, (MC), when Emeka Jr. wedded at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu to the daughter of the late Chief Cyprian Ekwensi. That wedding’s reception was held at Nike Lake Hotel, with Justice Iguh formerly of the Supreme Court as the chairman of the occasaion.
“Before Ojukwu’s Will was read last week, I was the one that sent text messages to all the parties concerned, including Emeka Jr.
“I got his two telephone numbers from Mr. Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s nephew.
The text reads: The Will of your late father will be read on Friday, 20th November, 2012 at the Probate Registry at the Enugu High Court. Kindly inform Okigbo and Mi Mi (Ojukwu’s other children).
“I also sent the text to Ebele who is Ojukwu’s daughter from Stella Onyeador, Mark Ezemba who was Ojukwu’s best man during his wedding with Bianca. So the pretence by Emeka that he was not informed about the reading of the Will did not hold water.
“His claim that I was not his father’s lawyer is also not true. On July 24, 2009, I was the person that registered the power of attorney on Ojukwu’s property at No 7 Forest Crescent, Enugu.
“I am also in possession of the Certificate of Occupancy, C of O, of Ojukwu’s landed property contained in the Will.”