ONIYANGI JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): Pa Lawrence Omokaro lived, died and was buried at No. 4, Omokaro Street, off Upper Mission Road, Benin City. Consequent upon his death on 13 August 1999, and after burial, the first respondent who is the eldest son of the deceased, sought to inherit the house where his father lived, which is situate and lying at the foregoing given address known and called by the Benin custom as “Igiogbe”. After he had performed all the burial rights as prescribed by the Benin custom that is, the “Isoton” and the “Ukowa” ceremonies, his desire met a brick wall when his siblings and widow of the deceased said the “Igiogbe” of the deceased is not the house and premises described as No. 4, Omokaro Street, off Upper Mission Road, Benin City, but at Emuhu village as stipulated in the purported Will of the deceased dated 19 September 1999, read on 19 October 1999. It is pertinent to note that all the appellants and the 1st respondent are children of the decease…
OMOKARO
V.
OMOKARO
(2015) JELR 53232 (CA)
Court of Appeal 30 Dec 2015 Nigeria
BriefBot Summary
- The case involves a dispute over the inheritance of a house in Benin City, Nigeria. - The eldest son of the deceased sought to inherit the house, known as "Igiogbe," but his siblings and widow claimed that the "Igiogbe" was located at a d
Case Details
Suit Number:CA/B/214/2009
Judges:PHILOMENA MBUA EKPE JCA HAMMA AKAWU BARKA JCA MUDASHIRU NASIRU ONIYANGI JCA
Counsel:Mr. P. O. Osemwenkha Esq. for the Appellants;
Mr. H. O. Omoregie Esq. (with him, A. O. Egharevba, Esq.) for the Respondents.
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