Late Sir John’s wife in court over Will execution
The late Sir John
According to statement of claim filed by her lawyer, Africanus Owusu-Ansah Esq, Mrs Owusu-Afriyie “contributed immensely” towards the success of Sir John and revealed that at the time of his death he left behind “substantial properties” and devised most of the properties and bank accounts in Ghana and Europe to his three nephews Ruth Korkor, Michael Owusu and Kwabena Amoateng.
Mrs. Owusu-Afryie told the court that she is normally resident in the United Kingdom where she was cohabiting with late Sir John and was the one who “prompted” him to come to Ghana and get into active politics.
Beneficiaries take position – Kumasi House gift
It is the argument of her lawyers that even before the will is admitted probate, some beneficiaries of the will have proceeded to assume control of assets and properties with or without the knowledge of the two executors of the will.
On a Kumasi house gift purportedly “gifted” to her by late Sir John, Mrs. Owusu-Afriyie argues that she acquired it on her own even before she got married to Sir John in 1998.
A house in Accra which was also supposedly given to her by Sir John was yet to be actually given to her on the allegation that Sir John did not complete the payment at the time of his death.
Funeral donations ‘chop chop’
Mrs. Owusu-Afriyie who performed all the necessary widowhood rites at the funeral of Sir John ensured everything customary was carried on without incident and as custom demanded.
At the funeral, various donations were made to the family and the widow and her children by sympathizers from all walks of life but to date, the family has failed to even make the accounts accessible to her. Her lawyers say the family has refused to sit down and even discuss the various expenditures arising out of the funeral.
When Mrs. Owusu-Afriyie’s lawyers requested for a meeting to settle the record and some of the issues, the family rejected the meeting via a letter purporting to be from the family lawyer.
