An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday ordered Mrs Gladys Kanu, widow of the late former Military Governor of Lagos and Imo, Rear Adm Ndubuisi, to serve the respondents including two of her co-wives an amended originating summons presented to the court on the inheritance dispute over his assets. The summons is to be served within seven days.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the respondents in the suit are; Kelly, the Nigerian Navy, Simone Abiona (Nee Kanu) and Andrey Joe- Ezigbo (nee Kanu).
Others are – Paula Ndidiamaka and Karen Johnson (Nee Kanu), Jeffery, Laura , Stephen, Josephine Ndubuisi-Kanu (wife) and Christine(wife).
Justice Christopher Balogun in his ruling, ordered that the claimant’s counsel, Mr Wale Adesokan. SAN, to serve the respondents, amended originating summon within seven days starting from today.
“The respondents are hereby given 14 days to file in their responses to the amended originating summon through their lawyers”, Balogun held.
The judge, who said that the case has not really started, noted that the only thing the court had been able to do was for the dead to be buried.