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  • Buhari to visit Jigawa May 7

    President Muhammadu Buhari is to pay a one-day official visit to Jigawa on May 7, Governor Muhammad Badaru, has said.

    Badaru, who made the disclosure while interacting with journalists in Dutse on Tuesday, said during the visit, the president was expected to commission some projects.

    He said the state government had made arrangements to give President Buhari a rousing welcome to the state.

    The governor explained that the president will inaugurate some roads and water projects within and outside the state capital during the visit.

    According to him, the president will also flag-off the operations of the state social committee which was recently established by law.

    Badaru stated that under the law, each of the 287 polling units across the state will receive a token of between N50, 000, and N100, 000, monthly as stipends to rehabilitate critical infrastructure including health care, education and other facilities in the area.

    The governor said the president will also inaugurate the revived dairy products processing company in Birnin Kudu as well as commission the newly constructed 80 healthcare facilities.

    He said facilities were put in place by the state government in line with the Federal Government’s policy of providing at least one health care facility in each political ward of the country.

    Badaru urged residents of the state to come out enmasse to give Buhari a rousing welcome.

     

  • Court adjourns pre-trial conference over Ojukwu’s property dispute to May 7

    An Awka High Court on Monday adjourned until May 7, the pre-trial conference in the sharing of late Sir Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s estate.

    The Judge, Justice Dennis Mmaduechesi, adjourned the case, following the failure of Counsel to the first defendant, Mr Okwuchukwu Ugolo (SAN), to comply with the court rules with respect to change in counsel.

    The court also observed that the earlier order of hearing notice on the third defendant, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, was not properly served.

    It further noted that the fourth defendant, the Probate Registrar of Awka High Court, was similarly, not served at all.

    Mmaduechesi, therefore, adjourned until May 7, for pre-trial conference to enable parties to put their houses in order.

    The first defendant, Dr Joseph Ojukwu, was formerly represented by Mr Gerald Ezeuko (SAN).

    Mr Ebuka Ogwu and Mr Christopher Ezeoka entered appearance for the second defendant, Mr Lotanna Ojukwu, and the fifth defendant, Ojukwu Transport Company, respectively.

    When the matter was called up on Monday, Mr Chuka Osianatogu, Counsel to Chukwuma Ojukwu and Ikemefuna Ojukwu, pointed out the mix up in the appearance to the court.

    Osianatogu told court that Ugolo had not complied with Order 48 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) rule to warrant him to appear in the case as counsel.

    Ugolo in his response said he would file processes to put their house in order and applied for adjournment to enable him to comply and also file pre-trial conference.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who died in 1966, was the father of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, the founder of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who led Biafra’s secession bid in the late 1960s.

    Ikemefuna Ojukwu and his brother, Chukwuma Ojukwu, had instituted the suit in 2014, against Joseph Ojukwu, Dr Ike Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu and Lotenna Ojukwu.

    The plaintiffs, among other reliefs, are seeking that they are entitled to 25 per cent of the share in the compound of their father at No. 73, Owerri Road, Nnewi.

    “A declaration that the plaintiffs are entitled to 25 per cent shares of their father’s company, Ojukwu Transport Company.”

    They also sought an order of the court, compelling the defendants to account to them the management of Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s property over the years.

    The duo further asked the court to grant an order for the will of Odumegwu-Ojukwu to be resealed.