SAN To Nigerians: Prepare Your Will To Avoid Crying From The Grave

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Professor Babatunde Oni, has tasked Nigerians to embrace drafting a Will and Trust to conform with the laws of Lagos State, to avoid crying from the grave.

The SAN gave the advice at the 8th inaugural lecture of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG).

The lecture was titled ‘Crying From The Grave: Trust's Resonance in Inheritance Tales’.

In addressing those in attendance, the senior lawyer, who maintained that there is no doubt that man works hard to acquire properties with little or no plan for what becomes of those properties when they die, explained that when a person dies, the properties that are left behind should be distributed to people alive by way of succession or be managed by the Executors or Administrators, depending on whether a deceased dies testate or intestate.

The legal giant emphasized that the fear of death results in an unplanned estate, with consequences of birthed hatred, litigation, and destruction of family cohesion when the owner of the property is no more.

Professor Oni said the discussion seeks not only to shed light on the deficiency, but to strongly advocate for a legislative amendment that incorporates electronic Wills through a registration mechanism.

The SAN noted that it has become imperative to address a crucial gap in the legal framework, the absence of provisions for electronic Wills within inheritance practices.

The SAN consequently recommended the adoption and recognition of Electronic Wills as Statutory Wills in the analysis of Nigeria's legal landscape.

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