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Court okays female access to inheritance in Akwa Ibom
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By Ebunoluwa Sessou
As part of efforts to give a sense of belonging to the women especially in Akwa-Ibom State, the High Court presided by Justice Idiong nullified the practice which denies female children the right of inheritance to their father’s property.
The Court which ruled in favour of all female children of Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom recently maintained that such practice no longer be upheld in the state.
While delivering a judgment in a suit brought before the court by eight children of the late Obong Patrick Joseph Noah of Edem Ekpat in Etinan Council Area, the suit they filed against their aunt, Mrs. Gertrude Ekanem to stop her from inheriting the landed property of her sister, the late Immaculata Noah,
Court nullifies practice against female inheritance in Akwa Ibom community
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By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Etinan, has nullified the ancient traditional practice in Etinan Local Government Area, which prohibits women and female children the rights to inherit their fathers and relatives’ landed property.
Justice Pius Idiong delivered his judgment in the case brought before the court by eight children of late Obong Joseph Noah of Edem Ekpat in Etinan Local Government Area, against their aunt, Mrs Gertrude Ekanem, from inheriting the landed property of her sister, late Immaculata Noah, who died without a husband or a child.