One year after the painful death of Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, the battle over his assets has continued to rage.
A 90-year-old man dragging his grand-daughter before a court does not suggest that the children of the deceased will ever find safety within their father’s household. Clearly, there is deep-seated hatred and envy towards the children of the deceased because of what their father bequeathed to them.
Judging by how far Pastor Shyngle Wigwe and his cohort have gone in their quest to disinherit Herbert Wigwe’s children, it is evident that the Wigwe family’s greed is now untamable. The family does not care in sacrificing their own granddaughter in the quest to satisfy their rapacious appetite.
Even though the court has protected the children against the Wigwe family by ruling that Pastor Shyngle Wigwe and Christian Chukwuka Wigwe are “not entitled to seek the reliefs” brought before it, one needs to ask what the real interest of the Wigwe family is in this matter? What have Herbert Wigwe’s children done to their family that is fueling this much hatred towards them?
Why did Emeka Wigwe try to prevent the children from visiting and praying at their father’s graveside at Isiokpo ahead of the first anniversary of his death? A video, which emerged online, showed Emeka Wigwe, their uncle, struggling with officers of the Department of the States Services (DSS) in his bid to prevent the vehicle that conveyed the children from exiting their father’s graveyard.
With these ugly developments, where do Herbert Wigwe’s children find safety? Even though the law already protected the children with its ruling, happenings within the Wigwe family should compel everyone to think deeply about physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing of these children.
