One year after the tragic death of Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, his 90-year-old father, Shyngle Wigwe has apparently taken his first daughter Tochi Wigwe to court over his assets.
In October last year, reports surfaced that Pastor Shyngle Wigwe’s family had a concealed interest in the late banker’s children’s inheritance and allegedly attempted to disinherit them by altering Herbert Wigwe’s will. However, the family strongly denied these claims.
Subsequently, a caveat challenging the late banker’s will surfaced online. It was filed by Christian Chukwuka Wigwe, who claimed to be a cousin of the deceased, on behalf of 90 year old Pastor Shyngle Wigwe
The filing of the disclaimer filed at the Probate Registry challenging the distribution of the late banker’s Estate as contained in his will forced the family, especially its patriarch, Pastor Shyngle Wigwe, to retract their earlier denials, which subsequently turned into statements like “we have withdrawn the suit. Our concern was the welfare of the children.”
However, the court ruling reported by the media today showed that the information of the family withdrawing the suit challenging the distribution of the late banker’s Estate was a lie, joining the 26-year-old Miss Otutochi Channel Wigwe, late Herbert Wigwe’s daughter, in a suit involving Uche Wigwe and Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede.
However, the court has safeguarded the children from the Wigwe family’s claims by ruling that Pastor Shyngle Wigwe and Christian Chukwuka Wigwe are “not entitled to seek the reliefs” presented before it.