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    The Supreme Court of Nigeria voided a customary Igbo law that denied daughters the right to inherit from their fathers' estates. The Court ruled that the law was discriminatory and violated the Nigerian Constitution by regarding women as inferior to men. The judgment stemmed from a case where a woman, Gladys Ada Ukeje, was denied inheritance from her deceased father's estate. Both the High Court and Court of Appeal had previously ruled in Gladys' favor, and the Supreme Court decision settled the matter permanently in favor of daughters' equal right to inheritance across Nigeria.

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    The Supreme Court of Nigeria voided a customary Igbo law that denied daughters the right to inherit from their fathers' estates. The Court ruled that the law was discriminatory and violated the Nigerian Constitution by regarding women as inferior to men. The judgment stemmed from a case where a woman, Gladys Ada Ukeje, was denied inheritance from her deceased father's estate. Both the High Court and Court of Appeal had previously ruled in Gladys' favor, and the Supreme Court decision settled the matter permanently in favor of daughters' equal right to inheritance across Nigeria.

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    13/05/2016

    SupremeCourtUpholdsWomensInheritanceRightsinIgboNigeria|MzAgams

    Supreme Court Upholds Womens Inheritance Rights in


    IgboNigeria

    TheSupremeCourtonMonday,April14,voidedtheIgbocustomarylaw,whichdeniesdaughtersinheritingtheir
    fathersestate.TheSupremeCourtsaiditwasdiscriminatoryandinconflictwiththe1999Constitutionofthe
    FederalRepublicofNigeria.
    Itisaverdictthatwouldhavefarreachingeffectsinaddressingadehumanisingtradition,whichcannolongerbe
    excusedinamodern,democraticsocietysuchasours.Itisapracticethatregardedwomenaslowerthanmen.
    ThejudgmentwasgiveninafamilydisputebetweenGladysAdaUkeje,whowasdisinheritedfromtheestateof
    herdeceasedfather,LazarusOgbonnaUkeje.Shesuedherstepmother,Mrs.LoisChituruUkejeandherson,
    EnyinnayaLazarusUkeje.
    ALagosHighCourt,theCourtofAppealandtheSupremeCourtallreachedthesamedecision.Theyconfirmed
    that Gladys was qualified under the laws of Nigeria to inherit her fathers estate. The verdict should settle this
    matter forever in favour of all daughters in all corners of the country to claim their birthright, which they had
    beendenied.
    JusticeBodeRhodesVivour,whoreadtheleadjudgmentstated,Nomatterthecircumstancesofthebirthofa
    female child, such a child is entitled to an inheritance from her late fathers estate. Consequently, the Igbo
    customarylaw,whichdisentitlesafemalechildfrompartakinginthesharingofherdeceasedfathersestate,isa
    breach of Section 42(1) and (2) of the Constitution, a fundamental rights provision guaranteed to every
    Nigerian.

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