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Of Ojukwu’s will

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December 5, 2012 at 10:11 am #100656

Salliness
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@Salliness (Writer with 5370 pts)

A lot is being said about this Ojukwu’s will and today I heard someone say ‘a sensible Igbo man will not will his properties to his wife when he has children’.
Isn’t the wife the mother of his children? Why shouldn’t he give his properties to her under the assumption that the wife will use them to take care of the children? Does this mean that the wife really has no business in the affairs of a man’s family after his death?

December 6, 2012 at 5:56 am #113761

Seun-Odukoya

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@Seun-Odukoya (Head Wordsmith with 95524 pts)

Well.

The issue here is that he has children Bianca did not give him – and yet he left everything to Bianca. That’s the issue.

It’s none of my business. I need to go build a legacy for my kids too – rather than lament a man who did his part as well as he could.

December 6, 2012 at 9:28 am #113762

Salliness

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I guess, but in the end it is still the decision of a man to share his property how he deems it fit. Is it just about Bianca? What if he had given it all to charity would the other children be less pained?

December 6, 2012 at 7:05 pm #113763

Sueddie Agema

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Whatever a man does in the end is his business, abi @Seun-odukoya?
Still, for someone who was more of a traditionalist, it would raise several eyebrows. On the other hand, when one remembers that she was the one who was always there for him especially in those last moments [as we saw o or maybe not ], it is understandable.
Seriously, @salliness, do you think it really is something that you should devote your time to discussing much on?

December 8, 2012 at 10:41 am #113764

Uchechukwu Obiakor

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Ojukwu has no will. What you saw or heard, was a mere fabrication.