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*PETITION AGAINST RT. HON. REV. DR. OSSAI NICHOLAS OSSAI THREAT TO MY LIFE, INTIMIDATION, TOTAL EXCLUSION OF MY BIRTHRIGHTS AND HIS DISDAIN TO INSTITUTED CULTURAL LAWS AND ORDER...*

My dad died on the 23rd of August and within 3days after my Dad died, Ossai Nicholas Ossai (my dad's biological younger brother of the same mother and father) fixed a burial date without consulting or informing me as the FIRST Son...
I am a successful mini importer and mature enough (in my early thirties) to handle my father's burial as the FIRST Son, and I didn't solicit my uncle for help to bury my Father, afterall, my Dad has left enough assets to enable us give him a befitting burial of his social and political status...

Within 10-days after my Dad died, he has already bought casket, drinks, burial cloth, printed IVs and started distribution of the invitation cards...
I am not contesting that he should not stand by us to bury his brother, but it should come in the form of "assistance," NOT "directing..."

I entered my home town on September 4th, 2021, (they didn't believe I would come home because of the numerous inhumane, devastating ill treatment I received from my Dad, my step mom and my Dad's younger sister's (named ASHILIMA) children; infact they never wanted me to come home, they were taken aback when I came home) and was told the burial was first stipulated for September (they actually wanted to bury my father without me, without my knowledge) but was later moved again by my uncle to October 15th...

When I got home, I immediately called my younger siblings for an emergency meeting, but they were all telling me they can't honour my call till a week to the burial I knew nothing about...

We're originally 5-children from my Dad, 3-Boys and 2-girls,
>>> Charles Ossai Uzoka (ME),
>>> Omenogor Ossai Uzoka (First daughter, same father but different mother),
>>> Collins Ossai Uzoka (Second son, same father and mother with me),
>>> Ashionye Ossai Uzoka (Second daughter, same father but different mother)
>>> Uti-Junior Prosper Ossai Uzoka (Third son, same father but different mother)...
My Dad married three wives, My Mom (Though my Mom was born in Takoradi Ghana, her Dad is from Orogun while her Mom is from Emu-nor) gave birth to two boys, the second wife (from Akwaibom) gave birth to only two girls, and the third wife (a Liberian Igbo woman) gave birth to only a boy...
The two other wives are late, only my mother is the surviving wife of my late Dad...

As a measure of diplomacy, I first of all "stooped to conquer" by pleading to the general family for not being around when my Dad was sick, and I thanked them immensely for taking care of my Dad in my absence; As kola, I waged it with money, crates of beer and malt, garden eggs, groundnut etc... They praised me, thanked me for being a good son, they accepted my kola...

I tried to gather my siblings again, but it was without success;
I immediately sought the presence of my eldest uncle (still my Dad's younger brother) in my family, Mr. Anthony Ossai Uzoka about this soured and premature development,
He said:- "he is not among the burial committee set up by my uncle, and that he has little or no power to effect change since it's Ossai Nicholas who has taken it upon himself to disgrace the family, due to his wealth, power and influence..."

Immediately, I summoned the large family, that's the Ajeh-Akanmi family(sub family of the Umunze family) for a meeting, to notify them about this shameful development...
I also went ahead to notify the oldest man (Okpalukwu) in the whole of Umusadege community, he supports my view and asked me to call the whole Umunze family for a dialogue...
None of my siblings honoured the meetings, even Ossai Nicholas Ossai didn't honor it after several attempts to call for a round table....

A week to the burial, the boys (my male siblings) without my step sisters came down to the family to present kola that they were to bury our father and they were examined thoroughly by the family, to the extent that my siblings were called Traitors and Betrayals... My eldest uncle Mr. Anthony was nicknamed errand boy, because of his running around and collecting orders from his younger brother Ossai Nicholas Ossai...

Another strange thing is that, it's my father's cousin (One Mr. Fidelis) that Ossai Nicholas Ossai made the Chairman of my father's burial committee...

All the while I was making appearances at family meetings, Ossai Nicholas Ossai didn't deem it fit to call me...
My uncle Nicholas has never called me anyday to ask about my welfare, or discuss with me about how I want to take my life to the next level, yet he's taking the whole decision that involves my father's burial
Even when my Dad was alive, there's never a day I'll call Nicholas for him to pick his call;
When I use another number to call, he'll pick up but when he hears my voice as I introduce myself, he'll end the call...

Nicholas never assisted my Dad in anything, my father struggled for himself to get the things he has today...
As often as I go to see my father in his house, I have never met my uncle in my dad's house, not to talk of seeing them discussing as brothers...
My uncle will come to Kwale, but will never get to visit his elder brother...
Each time Nicholas is doing empowerment, NONE of us (my father's children) has ever benefitted anything from him...
My uncle is a fraud, a lip service Reverend, greedy and wicked...
He went ahead to say that if I should attend my own father's burial, he was going to arrest me, take me to Asaba and take me to Abuja so I'd be forgotten... He publicly said that I ceased to be my father's son, (I never see where brother dey disown his own elder brother first son) and that I have no inheritance...

I have suffered lots of pain, emotional distress, sleepless nights, money, energy, time, even fell sick because of my uncle's unwillingness to yield to Fairness and Justice, which are clearly prerequisites for True Lasting Peace...

Nicholas has failed in playing the role of a father, he is a callous dictator, an oppressor, an anti-peaceful tyrant;
Is he really a Reverend?
I'm not expecting anything else from him, and that's where I intend to keep him...

My father did a successful operation and was declared fit and healthy by the doctor...
Two days before my dad died, my step sisters was heard telling my Dad to change his signatures and he shouted at them saying:- "Una think say I go soon die abi una dey plan to kill me?? So una dey pray make I die... Una no go fit kill me oo, I no go die..."
Unfortunately, he died two days later after the encounter and my step sisters quickly hid the documents...
From all indication, he didn't plan on dying so early, and that's why he newly built a very big house at Utagba-Uno, so he'd go there to rest till the rest of his dying days...

My Dad was killed (I don't know how cuz he was medically fit) and Hon. Nicholas denied me from seeing my dad's corpse from the very first day I came to my hometown till the day he was buried... As a measure of last resort, since diplomatic interlocution couldn't bring pragmatic solutions, I sought the Power of the Jury through the Court to engage in this issue... As the Lord God would have it, I was granted a court injunction by the Honorable Justice Okolosi, and it was duly served to St. Luke's Mortuary while Hon. Nicholas evaded service...

On the burial day, my uncle went there with armed thugs and force men and forcefully stole my father's corpse from the mortuary and buried him without my consent and full participation despite the High Court's Order, restraining them from any further engagements...

Hon. Nicholas regardless of his portfolio, openly called bluff the court's ruling and lacks every discipline to be an impartial arbitrator or an honorable member representing Ndokwa Ukwuani Federal Constituency...

Imagine,
I as the Chief Mourner was denied entry and access to my own father's house, to the extent that when people, companies, parastatals, unions etc paid condolence visits, instead of my father's house, they had to go to Hon. Nicholas' house which is a taboo and anti-cultural to Ndokwa/Ukwuani culture...
I had to lodge in hotels for over 6-weeks;

How can a Man who deemed himself to be my uncle be an agent of destruction and divided household?
Do you know that none of us (my Dad's children) don't know and have never seen Hon. Nicholas' children even as we are first cousins?? Hon. Nicholas' children don't even know us and my uncle has never deemed it fit to call for a family meeting, at least for us to know ourselves...

Hon. Nicholas has my father's documents confiscated and with all impunity, has refused to release them to me... Hon. Nicholas has to tell me, my family, concerned Deltans and various stakeholders what happened to my dad, what right he has to bury my dad without me, public apology with due compensation for bringing disgrace to me and my family...

WRITTEN BY:-
*CHARLES OSSAI UZOKA,*
_First Son of the Late High Chief Capt. Godwin Ossai Uzoka_

This is too extreme!
I won't lie you there are loads of hidden messages about your family we may not know.

From my observation on your post, your uncle is using his status as a tool for intimidation and disintegration amongst the family.

If I may ask, the bond between your dad and his brother when he was alive how was it like?

All you need do right now is forge ahead, unite with your other siblings and let your dad rest.

Hopefully justice will prevail someday.

Wonders shall never end.
Btw,is you brother Collins a seaman?

Reading through this petition I could sense a lot of hidden messages and happenings that was not captured.

It is true some family members may have their agenda and are looking forward to being enriched by other people's wealth, but I sensed distance in relationships btw the first son and his father, and I am seeing the first son being interested more in the father's wealth after the burial and nothing more. Calling village meetings and looking for support from villagers is a sign that the petitioner lacks honour and has kept to himself, but wants the people to come out for him in his quest to own his share of his father's property.


Let the dead be buried in peace, he is your fathers brother and can bury his brother if he so wish. If I where you I go attend the burial ,do my part as a son and meeuve on with my life.

Hmmmm...

I didn't even bother to read the petition but from your statement,you were not there when your dad was sick,neither during his successful surgery, you visited home almost 2 weeks after his demise and you claim to be the first son.

Even your own full brother is avoiding you. I advice you thread carefully cos to an outsider it seems you are more interested in your late Father's inheritance.

You can get a good lawyer and Sue him for contempt of court,and file for substitute service through media.

Secondly,while the court order subsists,you could have gone to the military barrack, pay heavily to one of the commanders and deploy troops to the burial and chase him and his cartels away,take your father's corps and bury him anywhere deem fit by you.

Pierocash:
You can get a good lawyer and Sue him for contempt of court,and file for substitute service through media.

Secondly,while the court order subsists,you could have gone to the military barrack, pay heavily to one of the commanders and deploy troops to the burial and chase him and his cartels away,take your father's corps and bury him anywhere deem fit by you.

Why would you give this kind of advice oga? Did you read the petition at all? So this is what you would have done if it where you?

Mrsoft3:
Why would you give this kind of advice oga? Did you read the petition at all? So this is what you would have done if it where you?

what is the summary of the whole post?

Yes, that is what I would have done.

How can someone disobey a valid court injunction and you say I shouldn't use force?

OP, there's more to this whole drama. Like others have said, it appears you're particular about the late man's wealth. Your story seems to suggest there's some question marks about your legitimacy in the family.
Unless you are a trouble maker, I suggest you move on with your life, afterall you described yourself as a successful mini-importer. Forget your dad's wealth, go make yours and learn from your dad's experience, so the same don't repeat in your household.
If your uncle is truely being unfair and cruel to you, posterity will judge. Himself go die one day abi?

It's really touching though, I wonder how an "uncle" can ostracize an original heir to his father's estate from the family and scheme of things! I don't know how that works from that yonder mostly when the heir wasn't even an illegitimate son!!

Many are saying that the OP is eyeing his father's property, yes he's legally and customarily entitled to it but the area I observed he hasn't handled well was in taking all his family along and playing the role of the next in succession as the father was gradually ageing. You really goofed Mr Ossai.

It's obvious there has been disunity in the family from onset moreso you stated of the discontentment even from your father and other family members at you and you either allowed it or unwittingly permitted this till he was sick and you never showed up....this is very wrong traditionally, morally and in principle.

Though setting a peaceful pace in a polygamous family where every wife is planning how her own child will outdo the others is a common norm that brings about persistent envy, strife and disunity, but you messed up when he was sick and you were never at his side till his death. This is why you are seen as being materialistic irrespective of your personal achievement. I tell many, always try and mend your family, be that link to bring about oneness... though you may not achieve it 100% but try and be a rallying point!

All these misnormer does not in anyway validate or permit your uncle the Hon, with the responsibility of twisting and manipulating the whole scenario to his favour. If anything, by the virtue of his position, he was supposed to bring everybody together and reconcile you all. God has blessed him and he's controlling the family now irrespective of his age being that there are still those older than him in the kindred. Leadership isn't by age or even what substance you can muster but by your charisma, temperance, responsiveness and noble character. These I think, the gentle Honorable does not possess, or how can one debate the brazenness of an "honourable lawmaker" to have dishonourably disobeyed an honourable Court's injunction and went ahead to do "the needful" etc

You can still make your case and you will most definitely get jjustice but you and the rest of your family need to first come together as ONE. A local proverb goes thus "The disunity among the family of snakes is what makes each suffers on its own.. if python was to tag along with cobra, viper, black mamba, boa etc together on same path, who born of a human can dare to hunt them?

Take this...Power is transient, it fizzles with time and renders one like an old toothless lion past it's prime. Soon your uncle will leave that "heralded" office but truly doesn't seem to care what tomorrow holds. You and the rest should just all come together and find the best approach to handle it and most importantly...you should also tame the grievances you've nursed with the rest siblings, embrace all with love and affection and you can take a look at the next item on the chart from there.

Cheers!

I took time to read;

You said you have a brother born of same parent, why is he not supporting you, also why are your siblings not supporting you?

If a court injunction was breached why not approach the court to issue an arrest warrants?

What was your relationship like with your father before he passed away and when was the last time you visited him?

Why couldn't the larger family call your uncle to other? Is it because of his money and political power?

How did you hear about your sister telling your father to change his will and signature? First you said your sister is in possession of your father's property document and later you said your uncle is in possession of the documents, how?


This story isn't adding up, though I'm sorry for you loss and problems arising from your father's death.

As an Ukwuani, I understand you, I a first son, I can feel your pain....,................

Ossai N. Ossai is your father not an uncle, (forget oyibo) reconcile with him, close the gap. Abhor what will bring your family and Ukwuani as a whole to disrepute.

Aunty ishilove come see your ukwuani people dey fight.

This is @sufferingboy.

Why dat Hon go dey do you like this?

QueenAgbo:
Aunty ishilove come see your ukwuani people dey fight.

This is @sufferingboy.

Why dat Hon go dey do you like this?

Ika man spotted
Alua Alua oooo

sageb:
Ika man spotted
Alua Alua oooo

Good evening sir.

Very lengthy with contentious points.

We only heard one side of this family squabble which obviously has gone on for several years. We need to hear from Hon Ossai. We hear how the honorable has been effective at the National Assembly, attracting federal projects there.

Why did OP stay away from his father in the period of his illness? Does giving kola and “supporting” the kola, which is customary among the Ukwuani people, in anyway erase the grave error of not being by his father during his illness? That alone would make the uncle mad. No reason was given for that. Or was OP waiting for his father to pass away, paving the way for him to get his father’s possessions?

What kind of children were you to your father? Were you responsible or irresponsible? In your statement you said that your sisters asked your father to change his signature while he was still alive and the man objected. OP’s father may have told Hon. Ossai that his own children were irresponsible, leading to the actions taken by the honorable.

What was the relationship between OPs father and Hon. Ossai Nicholas his brother during his lifetime? Did they grow up quarreling? Were they fond of each other? Did OP’s father, being the senior play the role of the senior during their growing years?

Little things matter among us Africans. One can ask how the relationship between OP and his father was, which made Hon Ossai take this position against them. How did OP’s mum relate with Hon. Ossai and other in-laws when she arrived in that family?

If OP’s uncle was never answering his calls, then there clearly were issues annoying him.

How will going to court sort out the problem? I think OP needs to get reasonable people in Kwale to speak with his uncle and resolve their problems.

Hmmmm, Its quite a touching story but full of one sided story. why is ur younger brother not on ur side? were u recognize as d first son by d family? Seek d opinions of elders for a way forward.