The family of veteran singer Ms. Uche Ibeto, popularly known as the Jigida Queen,has refuted her claims that she was evicted from her late mother’s house in Lagos.
In a statement signed by the Administrator of the Estate of the Late Mrs. Esther Ibeto, the family described Uche’s allegations as “completely false and totally untrue.”
According to the statement, the disputed property had already been “duly and lawfully sold,” with the buyer taking possession as the rightful owner. The family further clarified that Uche Ibeto, the third child of the late Mrs. Esther Ibeto, is neither the Administrator of the Estate nor the sole owner of the property.
“The attention of the Estate of Late Mrs. Esther Ibeto has been drawn to spurious, malicious, and utterly misleading publications recently sponsored in the press by Ms. Uche Ibeto, a disgruntled beneficiary of the Estate,” the statement read.
“Ms. Uche Ibeto is the third child of the Late Mrs. Esther Ibeto. She is not the Administrator of the Estate and is not the sole owner of the property. She has absolutely no legal right, title, or authority to make unilateral claims over the Estate or to parade herself as the owner. Her actions amount to a deliberate usurpation of the powers of the Administrator and are unlawful.”
The family stressed that the transaction concerning the property was legitimate and final. “The property has been sold and the buyer took possession of the property as the rightful and lawful owner,” the statement continued.
They also dismissed suggestions of fraud, insisting there were “no issues of forgery of any document with respect to the property.”
The statement concluded by reiterating that Uche Ibeto’s allegations of ownership and claims of unlawful eviction “are completely and totally false.”
