Court orders joint administration of ex-Cross River SSG’s estate over disputed property sale

The Probate Court, Calabar Judicial Division, has ordered the associated medication of the property of the precocious erstwhile Secretary to the Cross River State Government, Chief Wilfred Oden Inah, pursuing a quality implicit the alleged merchantability of portion of the household property.

The bid was made successful Suit No. LA/600/2021, amid a quality implicit a spot astatine No. 63, Ibom Layout, Big Qua Town, Calabar, which the deceased’s children alleged was sold by their eldest son, Maurice Oden Inah, without the consent of different members of the family.

The property, said to comprise a artifact of 4 flats and a ample expanse of land, was allegedly sold to 1 Emmanuel Emele Utum for much than N100 million.

Family members, however, claimed that the spot was worthy betwixt N300 cardinal and N400 million, alleging that their precocious begetter had intended that each of his children should instrumentality a flat, portion Maurice would instrumentality the surrounding land.

The tribunal directed that the exertion for Letters of Administration beryllium amended to see 4 children representing the antithetic maternal lines of the deceased’s family.

Those listed are Mrs Kosi Oden Inah, Mr Mauric...