Ojukwu's Siblings Give Bianca Quit Notice From His Residence

The feud in the family of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu over the sharing of the property of their father, Sir Louis Ojukwu, took another dimension yesterday with a top confidant of the
late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Sir Hon. Azuka Okwuosa, accusing Ikemba's siblings of committing abomination by giving his widow, Bianca, a quit notice from the late husband's residence less than a year after his demise.


Okwuosa, who is an ex-chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, told newsmen in Awka, the state capital, that by their actions, Ikemba's siblings, especially his nephew, Dr. Ike Ojukwu, have shown an inconsequential quest for materialism, which their late brother was not known for.


He wondered why they were so much in a hurry to go after the five property in the custody of Ikemba, out of over 38 scattered all over Lagos, Port Harcourt and Onitsha, stressing that they should have exercised patience and waited for Ikemba's will to be read.


The former commissioner for Works and Transport said that by asking their brother's widow, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, to quit the 29, Queens Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos home when she was still mourning her husband was a taboo in Igboland and warned them to retrace their steps or incur the wrath of the land.


Okwuosa, who was reacting to recent interviews by Dr. Ike Ojukwu, said for insulting his uncle's widow, Bianca, Dr. Ojukwu had shown that he never even had any respect for the late Ikemba.


He said Dr. Ojukwu, being a member of the third generation in the family, had no right to speak about the said property of Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu when his (Dr. Ike) father, Professor Joseph Ojukwu, and Ikemba's wife were alive.


The Ikemba's confidant and associate said: "I found it nauseating. What the young man is trying to do is to tarnish the name of the family and the reputation Ikemba built for many years. We expect the elders from both family and community to call him to order. He should watch his utterances. We do not oppose having issues in the family, but where I will take exception is when Ojukwu's name is being rubbished.


"His father is in a better position to call him to order. He claims that Emeka Ojukwu (Jnr.) is in support of what he is doing, Emeka is an adult who can speak for himself. He should stop dropping names.


"I want to believe that Ike Ojukwu was quoted out of context, but if he was not, he was far from the truth on the issue of property. He is talking about five properties out of over 38 of them. The late Ikemba Nnewi was instrumental to the recovery of those property, including 29, Queens Drive, Ikoyi, which had been abandoned in those years when he came back from Ivory Coast, through the instrumentality of his lawyer, the great late Chief Rotimi Williams (SAN).


"Bianca has not finished mourning the husband, my mentor. I find everything absurd. The family should go into sober reflection and they should wait for the will to be released. Anybody who insults the wife of Ojukwu, Ndigbo will not take it lightly with that person."