“Will” Execution Lands Catholic Bishop Ezeokafor In Court

…..alleges intimidation, threat to life, oppression, injustices, disregard for the rule of law, character assassinations

The family of late Chief A.O Ezeoke family, led by Dr Sylvester Ezeoke has dragged the Catholic Bishop of Awka diocese in Anambra state, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor to court over their father’s Will.

They also alleged among other things threat to their lives, intimidation, oppression, injustice, disregard for the rule of law, and character assassination.

According to Dr Ezeoke, he alleged that the Bishop as the principal executor of their father’s Will was not coming straight and has been playing games suggestive that he did not want to divest their father’s property to them as the bonafide beneficiaries.

They consequently therefore have on behalf of the family dragged the cleric and his counsel-Rev Fr Chukwujekwu Obiora to court seeking to get back what was theirs.

Hear him, “On behalf of my other siblings, I’m making this presentation for the world to hear our cry of supplication about the intimidation, oppression, injustices, disregard for rule of law, character assassination,  threat to my life and that of my brother -Celestine Ezeoke, confiscation of properties that lawfully belong to me and my family, being meted out to us by the Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev Dr Paulinus Ezeokafor through his agents led by Rev Fr (Barr) Edwin Sunday Chukwujekwu Obiora…”

Dr Ezeoke pointed out that, “Our father was a very close confidant of Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor of Awka diocese to whom he frequently paid visits and sought counsel and advice. 

“During his last days, he told us to see Bishop Ezeokafor as his friend and confidant, that if we need any help or advice when he was gone, we should always go to him.

“That he left a very important message and our belongings in his care to hand over to us when he is no more. 

“When our father died, I took my siblings to see Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor, the Catholic Bishop of Awka diocese, to inform him on what had befallen us; we also asked him if there was any financial help he could offer to us as ‘we knew he had access to our father’s accounts. He told us to go and borrow money if we don’t have money to bury our daddy. 

He admitted that “At a meeting, he (bishop) told us that our father had left a Will with him and that he was not experienced in dealing with such matters, that he would hand over our affairs to his legal department headed by Rev. Fr. Barr Edwin Sunday Chukwujekwu Obiora .

 “We got invitation to the probate a few weeks later and on getting there, the probate registrar mentioned the existence of two Wills, an earlier one deposited by our father and another one deposited by someone a few days after his death and that she would read the latter one.

“After reading the Will to us in the presence of Bishop Ezeokafor and his agents, we applied for a certified true copy of the Will, which we got, but I and my brother noticed that my father’s signature on it had been transplanted or scanned unto the Will.

 He said after that incident the family and its businesses had been under constant threat, resulting in repeat police arrests and intimidation. 

However, when contacted, the Bishop’s lawyer, Dr Obiora said the matter was already in court, and that it would be prejudicial to discuss it in the press now. He rather advised journalists to “tell them that the matter is in court that they can’t talk on it.

He also quipped, “The people that addressed you are two out of the eleven children of the late Chief Ezeoke; asked them where are others?”

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