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Late Veteran Victor Uwaifo’s Manager Charged To Court Over Alleged Forgery Of Will
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Family disowns late Victor Uwaifo’s anniversary fundraiser
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Uwaifo family distances itself from late musician’s one-year anniversary
On Monday, the family of late music legend Sir Victor Uwaifo announced that they were not affiliated with any reported intentions to raise money for the performer’s one-year anniversary by a group of individuals allegedly led by the late Uwaifo’s manager, Chris Eburu.
According to PUNCHNG, The family also purported that Eburu is currently standing trial over alleged forgery of the will of their late father.
Speaking to journalists in Benin, Edo State, family members including Uwaifo’s eldest child, Mrs Ogbomwen Reden, his son Goodman Uwaifo, and others accused Eburu of deceiving the people into participating in the project by using their father’s name.
“We know our father is a global figure that can be celebrated anywhere by his fans but not somebody who is already having issues and facing criminal charges. He is using a platform connected to my father’s Revelation Tourism Palazo to mobilise people for the event and we frown at that.
“My eldest brother is in the US, he is not aware of this, about eight, out of our father’s 12 children are not aware of this and they are not part of it,” Goodman Uwaifo said.
Mrs Reden alleged that the manager altered her late father’s will and brought in witnesses believed to be unknown to her father to sign as witnesses in the will.
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She said:
She said, “The witnesses are not the kind of persons my late father would associate with. My father cannot have an unmarried woman sign his will. My father was a very hard-working man till he died and I will not allow anybody to reap what he has laboured for. I am fighting for my father’s legacy.”
Reacting to the accusations, Chris said the issue of forgery was a matter already before the court and he would not comment on it. Addressing the fundraiser allegation, he said Uwaifo’s Revelation Tourism Palazzo Centre is an association and does not need the approval of the children of the late singer before it could carry out any anniversary ceremony for its late member.
Chris also insisted that the consent of the family was asked before plans for the anniversary were carried out.
Fondly called the guitar boy, Uwaifo died at 80 on August 28, 2021 at the Edo government-owned Stella Obasanjo Specialist Hospital, Sapele Road, Benin.