The applicant, who is the first son of late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, filed the suit on October 5, 2012, seeking an order from the court to restrain 10 respondents from threatening his life, while also claiming the sum of N100 million as exemplary and punitive damage against the respondents, for the violation of his fundamental rights.,.
The respondents are Professor Joseph Ojukwu, Emmanuel Ojukwu, Lotanna Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu, Patrick Ojukwu, Patricia Ojukwu and Magaret Ojukwu.
Others are the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Muktar and Deputy Commissioner of Police Anambra State, Mr Mike Okoli.
He stressed that since his birth as first and eldest surviving son of the deceased, he had been poorly treated by his family.
“I was trained solely by my mother until I was compelled by circumstances to join the Nigeria Police Force in 1976.
“I was doing well in the Police Force when the respondents beckoned on me to come and manage Ojukwu Transport Ltd, owned by Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu (now deceased),” he stated.
The applicant averred that he had managed the venture effectively with his expertise until the death of his father when things began to go sour.
He said he was suddenly informed by the respondents to hands off the transport company which he had been handling so well.
“They used me to savage the company that had become moribund and later resolved to dump me” Ojukwu reiterated.
He said that as a result of this, he filed a suit to challenge the proposed acquisition.
“When my father died, I travelled to London to confirm the state of things, but before I returned to Nigeria, the first to fourth respondents had taken over my father’s house.
“They took up the responsibility organising a befitting burial for the deceased, a duty which is traditionally the function of the eldest son,” he said.
The applicant further averred that he was later invited for a meeting by the respondents, during which they warned him to cease interference with the transport company, and to withdraw the suit in court or be killed.
He stated that they employed the services of the ninth and tenth respondents to continuously harrass and threaten him.
According to Ojukwu, he was also excluded from performing the dust-to-dust funeral rites during the burial of his father.
He therefore claim the sum of N100 million as exemplary and punitive damage against the respondents, for violation of his fundamental rights enshrined in Section 33 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended)
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