IyaTola:
RIGHT_OR_WRONG?

An infertile woman married another woman for her husband, problem was, she was already few months pregnant before she moved in. The man was informed and he accepted and adopted the child as his son. 15 years down the line, the man died and later the mother of the child died. On the death of the man, umunna called on the boy to bury his father. He performed every traditional rites the tradition and culture demands of a first son, and went extra mile to please the community. Nothing, I mean, absolutely nothing was left out. It was remaining the first wife that took the child as her own and trained him up. 30 years down the line, the woman became very old and called their umunna to bequeath her death husband's inheritance on her child from the other woman, since that was the only child she can boast of.

A year or two later, she died and the boy, now a man as demand by culture, performed all that was demanded of them.
Now, development has encroached into the landed property the young man inherited from his parents and they have become very costly and vast land is left undeveloped, from their family build. The same umunna came to tell the boy that he doesn't have right to those properties, reminding him that his mother was already pregnant when she came.

This young man is shocked and confused. Going by Igbo tradition, does he have right to that landed property? Going by culture, is he a stranger in that community?

nlPoster:
What is the issue with the place here?
You folks have been skirting around with different stories.

crackhaus:
All this village issues that are brought to Nairaland for adjudication.
Here resemble town square?

nlPoster:
What is the issue with the place here?

You folks have been skirting around with different stories.

bukatyne:
The Umunna did not remember his mother had his Belle before marriage when they demanded he bury all three according to their traditions?