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If he still picks your calls,why don't you try asking for a job in one of those companies I am sure you might get evidence or even someone there who knows about your dad's history... besides that is he your mum's son?

Talk to him about your business ambition,if he can support you collect what he gives to you and try to start something for yourself...one day na one day.

cassie0000:
Good Day everyone
Please
My father died over 10 years ago
We are six children from my father
Since our dad died our elder brother has been the only beneficiary of our father's estate
He is far older than the other five children

Since my father died our eldest brother has been the only major benefactor from our father’s estate
He has built himself different businesses including a hotel bought lands and landed properties and gifted different people goods, property and huge amount of money
But the remaining five of us nothing

Momsi took him to court
since 2015 when momsi has been in court nothing has changed
This is just a summary of everything that has been happening
And sincerely dunno what to do
It's not fair that only our senior brother is benefiting from what our father left behind
And the only benefit we have gotten is our fees been paid as dad died when we were much younger
And I sincerely do not know what to do

Had the same issue when I lived in the United States, before I came back to Naij, the whole estate had been decimated from Lagos State to old Bendel (Edo Delta) State, carried the idiots to a High Court, em done grab em British p, japa go back UK when old guy see critical pressure.

Case continues.

oluwaseyi0:
Are you from the Igbo tribe?
Not trying to be tribalistic but if it's true

Igbo seems to have a terrible inheritance culture, ladies get absolutely nothing and the first born can lay claim to everything

Talking from a friend experience who happens to be the first born and unjust beneficiary

Oga STFU pls. Don’t make it a tribal issue, why not offer your advice and move on

Since he doesn't want to share with you the money your father left behind, he should at least hire you guys to work in his businesses when you graduate because those businesses are family businesses as they were built with your father's money.

If he still doesn't want to do it, do some digging on him and look for any of his flaws that he has committed that could damage his reputation, use it to blackmail him to hire you.

But if you don't want to do that, then just let him be, karma will locate him soon.

The most important thing is to have a diligent lawyer and a good judge and keep hoping and praying it gets resolved. If you don't, let your mum get another lawyer. You should also be parties to that case. I don't know if you can lay claim to proceeds of misappropriation, you should discuss with your lawyer.

By right, your mum owns what he left behind and not him.

Why was he even allowed to even start this madness.

He is such a wicked soul.
This is how mist people lose their lives.

BarrElChapo:
Oga STFU pls. Don’t make it a tribal issue, why not offer your advice and move on

Keep quiet it is a very good question to start with, because under Igbo native law & custom, the first son is basically the owner of everything if the person died intestate, in a culture where girl children are not entitled to property.

Although the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has since ruled against such primitive Osu behavior.

Nothing like Karma bro.
They just need to get their rights. They deserve it.

Samantha123:
Since he doesn't want to share with you the money your father left behind, he should at least hire you guys to work in his businesses when you graduate because those businesses are family businesses as they were built with your father's money.

If he still doesn't want to do it, do some digging on him and look for any of his flaws that he has committed that could damage his reputation, use it to blackmail him to hire you.

But if you don't want to do that, then just let him be, karma will locate him soon.

Get a very good lawyer.

Was there a Will wherein the whole property was given to him? If not, pls tell your lawyers to head to the nearest High Court to obtain a Letter of Administration (Without Will) with your mum, your said brother and yourself as Administrators. It will be a vote of 2-1 and gradually, the whole estate will be recovered from him.

If this fails, write to the Office of Administrator General & Public Trustee in your State's Ministry of Justice, list out all the properties involved and ask the Government to take them over. The government will take its 5% share but the rest will be distributed evenly to all of you. He should also be made to account for all what he had earlier collected.

Pls feel free to contact me for further info.

How will they get their rights when they've been going to court since 2015, but nothing is happening?

It's possible that their brother bribed the judge.

They should blackmail him then.

veektor01:
Nothing like Karma bro.
They just need to get their rights. They deserve it.

BarrElChapo:
Oga STFU pls. Don’t make it a tribal issue, why not offer your advice and move on

Stating a tribe disposition towards inheritance sharing is now tribal? When I've actually seen first hand the implementation of this disposition

There is no advice unless going to court

It's a cultural stuff and the family/community elder can't help either since that's the norm over there

Hmmmmmmmm before una keeee unasef,
Make una first go local by
Reporting him to una family head,
Then una village or community head,
Make una first escalate the matter in community ways first.....
I get one brother and uncle like that too, same story like yours, when we open up the matter to the families both immediate and extended dem quickly adjust.

Dem no like matter like that to reach village or community head, because dem get fake image to protect.

sapele914:
Keep quiet it is a very good question to start with, because under Igbo native law & custom, the first son is basically the owner of everything if the person died intestate, in a culture where girl children are not entitled to property.

Although the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has since ruled against such primitive Osu behavior.

No native law and custom supersedes the laws of the state. Like I said earlier if a man dies intestate his estate devolves to his wife and children, take notice of the order “wife and children”.

Osu has no correlation to the present conversation and you’re right about the Supreme Court’s ruling on female inheritance.

cassie0000:
Good Day everyone
Please
My father died over 10 years ago
We are six children from my father
Since our dad died our elder brother has been the only beneficiary of our father's estate
He is far older than the other five children

Since my father died our eldest brother has been the only major benefactor from our father’s estate
He has built himself different businesses including a hotel bought lands and landed properties and gifted different people goods, property and huge amount of money
But the remaining five of us nothing

Momsi took him to court
since 2015 when momsi has been in court nothing has changed
This is just a summary of everything that has been happening
And sincerely dunno what to do
It's not fair that only our senior brother is benefiting from what our father left behind
And the only benefit we have gotten is our fees been paid as dad died when we were much younger
And I sincerely do not know what to do

Are you sure your mother gave birth to him?

For your mum to take her son to court tells a lot about the family. Sorry it's too late to right things. Make una go heg una brother

Dealt with him in whatever way

Wotoporiously speaking

Na this kind thing dey make person off person street light, your brother is lucky though cuz some families will not even take him to court, if them ask am once or twice for the levels and he no gree remit na him be say him time for earth don dey tik tok.

*Some people go say leave am to God

*Some go say karma will locate him

*Some go say see out the case in court

I really do not know which one is faster because in cases like this if you no act out of context una go wait tire be that, and y'all be left with no option that to forget about everything and start a new and difficult life while he keeps cruising around town and enjoy the families wealth he never worked for which was meant to be for the family.

If you get mind do the needful but if you no get keep going to court and praying to God or better still forget about everything and start that new and difficult I told you about.

Which ever you choose may it favour you

Are u from Edo state.

cassie0000:
Good Day everyone
Please
My father died over 10 years ago
We are six children from my father
Since our dad died our elder brother has been the only beneficiary of our father's estate
He is far older than the other five children

..But the remaining five of us nothing

Incomplete details. Are all 6 kids from same mother? How many male and female siblings? How many of you are above 21yrs old? How many of you are hustling to support self and mum? School isn't an excuse and litigation is not free.
Did your father leave a business or company? How many of you have learnt the trade or interested in the area to gather experience that can be made future partner?
Since he is paying your fees, has he refused to set up business or artisanship of you people's choice? There are ways to collect your own shares of inheritance without you all directly dragging to control just that one source.

If you can give full info, we can understand and see what to suggest.

Wickedfacts:
You should actually pray to God for sense

why don't u pick all I said as a sensible individual... instead of u looking fit who to bash why not give her your own advice.. yeye individual. What u refuse to understand is that there are lots of people like him out there who won't do anything for the family to to talk of paying school fee. Am not in support of him incase u don't know.

cassie0000:
Good Day everyone
Please
My father died over 10 years ago
We are six children from my father
Since our dad died our elder brother has been the only beneficiary of our father's estate
He is far older than the other five children

Since my father died our eldest brother has been the only major benefactor from our father’s estate
He has built himself different businesses including a hotel bought lands and landed properties and gifted different people goods, property and huge amount of money
But the remaining five of us nothing

Momsi took him to court
since 2015 when momsi has been in court nothing has changed
This is just a summary of everything that has been happening
And sincerely dunno what to do
It's not fair that only our senior brother is benefiting from what our father left behind
And the only benefit we have gotten is our fees been paid as dad died when we were much younger
And I sincerely do not know what to do

Ukwu aba shoe comes to mind

Knack am something for leg make him leg and head swell up

After that, hit am with partial stroke den to full stroke

He must obey

your fellow man is beast, better let all the children know so than they plan their future defensively.

Inheritance greed is as common as the word family.

I give you a tip, anybody into fashionable lifestyle etc is going to eventually betray financially.

Once i saw what type of brothers and sisters i had, i had been preparing for my fathers demise since i was around 10 years old.
By the time he passed i was already successfully doing IT in Europe.

Thankfully he left will, but that did not stop the theft and sub human greedy behaviour, which i can keep at distance cause i have career earning me a living.

And from when we were young to now that my bothers and sisters are nearly grand parents too.
I say always watch out for the ones with interest in lavish lifestyle , they are the ones most likely to want to be living 5 star lifestyle with inheritance when their family is destitute.

Whilst those with mind in my family were mourning fathers passing, our eldest brother was fighting for his cars.
And from young he was always into fashion, always buying his clothes only from abroad etc , and the rest came as no surprise.

People dont know that dressing down and even wearing shabby clothes sometimes can be a healing medicine, getting yourself an old banger of a car to bee seen in , even when you can afford private jet is a from of alchemy.

Beware of those hypnotised by all that glitters, their act of betrayal is only round the corner.

cassie0000:
Good Day everyone
Please
My father died over 10 years ago
We are six children from my father
Since our dad died our elder brother has been the only beneficiary of our father's estate
He is far older than the other five children

Since my father died our eldest brother has been the only major benefactor from our father’s estate
He has built himself different businesses including a hotel bought lands and landed properties and gifted different people goods, property and huge amount of money
But the remaining five of us nothing

Momsi took him to court
since 2015 when momsi has been in court nothing has changed
This is just a summary of everything that has been happening
And sincerely dunno what to do
It's not fair that only our senior brother is benefiting from what our father left behind
And the only benefit we have gotten is our fees been paid as dad died when we were much younger
And I sincerely do not know what to do

your brother has no right to touch a pin from your dads properties as long as your dads legally married wife. ....your mum is there. She has all 100 % right, whole your bro has 0% right.

cassie0000:
Good Day everyone
Please
My father died over 10 years ago
We are six children from my father
Since our dad died our elder brother has been the only beneficiary of our father's estate
He is far older than the other five children

Since my father died our eldest brother has been the only major benefactor from our father’s estate
He has built himself different businesses including a hotel bought lands and landed properties and gifted different people goods, property and huge amount of money
But the remaining five of us nothing

Momsi took him to court
since 2015 when momsi has been in court nothing has changed
This is just a summary of everything that has been happening
And sincerely dunno what to do
It's not fair that only our senior brother is benefiting from what our father left behind
And the only benefit we have gotten is our fees been paid as dad died when we were much younger
And I sincerely do not know what to do

What's your tribe?!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOZVJKGoAb8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmlnyFUgFFQ

Nsonaso:
This shows that you guys including your mom are only interested in the wealth your late father left behind and yet people will blame polygamy for causing disintegration in the family while the actual cause of family disintegration is the wealth (how to share it).

Before you know it, some will start nurturing the thought to poison the elder brother. Tell me is it because of the love he has for the brother or the love for the wealth?

You see why the bible say money is the root of evil?

If you poison him and he eventually die and the properties shared you buy that luxury cars, and 1 month later they post a beautiful lady has just been killed by a suspected yahoo boy, her body parts are missing. You will start typing God punish yahoo boys. Please what's the difference from you who poisoned his own blood to inherit family wealth?

So people tell me is this a polygamous family? But mom is already going neck to neck with her beloveth son.

Is it the second wife that caused it? Or the third wife or the 4th.

Now for people saying the mom should hold the property, when the son has already come of age? Haba

If I remember Ote$ na him hold his family money the run family business, mom still alive and some will say mom is old, but can you point a time where the mom is in charge of the family wealth?

Now to the op. From what you wrote that he still pays your fee, that means he provides you guys need, and not you guys want. And you guys doesn't see it as anything moreover na una papa money no be him money.

If he has shared it the way you guys wanted, I bet those properties you mentioned would have been sold off and the money will be squandered.

Call your brothers and your mom.
You guys should bring the case back from curt and also apologize to your elder brother, tell him you're sorry to fight him over some inheritance that it's out of ignorance. That he can keep them with no conditions. That you all value your family relationship over some money left behind by late dad.

And then you guys should forget about the so called family wealth and focus. I am not sure Tony Elumelu of UBA has any family inheritance but I am sure you know where he is today.

The family wealth has been your distraction since. You need to let it go and focus.

No offence, but you're really a big fool.

luwiizy:
Your father made a mistake by not writing out a will....

I don't know why men above 50 or 60 thinks this way...
Humans cannot be trusted blood or not....
It's just the fact of Life.

Me na first SON for My p.man, him Don late long time ago...my conciense no go let me sleep if I try this kind thing.

It is so bad that his mum had to take him to court. When is comes to money anybody can betray you.