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UKEJE v. UKEJE AND THE ANTECEDENT REALITIES OF THE GIRL CHILD ON INHERITANCE IN NIGERIA: A LEGAL ANALYSIS | LYDIA EHISUORIA OHONSI, ESQ.
LYDIA EHISUORIA OHONSI ESQ. For generations, many Nigerian communities—particularly among the Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria—have adhered to customary laws that systematically exclude female children from inheritance. Rooted in deep-seated patriarchal traditions, these rules dictated that only male children could succeed to the estate of a father who died without a will. Under this regime, a daughter was often treated as an outsider in her own father’s home, unable to inherit land or personal property simply because of her gender. A Landmark…
