Nine months after the death of the gangling Super Eagles’ striker, Rashidi Yekini, the estate and properties he left behind are yet to be managed. His lawyer, Mr. Mohammed Ju b r i l , disclosed this while s p e a k i n g with the National Mirror in an exclusive interview in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

According to him, the estate cannot be managed because the Letter of Administration of those to manage the estate is still being processed at the Probate Registry of Oyo State.

He said processing of the letter of administration did not start until last November due to the fact that Yekini’s family did not release his Death Certificate on time. Jubril stated that it was six months after Yekini’s death that his younger brother brought the death certificate to him in his Ibadan office, adding that it was after this that the process of the letter of administration began.

He revealed that one of the two wives that would manage the estate had signed the form while the other one was yet to sign because she was not in the country, stating that one of the two witnesses had also signed the form.

The lawyer said after the necessary processes have been completed Yekini’s account with the First Bank that has been declared dormant would be reactivated by the managers of the estate. But presently, there are no tenants living in Yekini’s Ibadan house as the late footballer was living there alone before his death.

According to Jubril, the two twin duplexes and a duplex boys quarter will remain vacant until everything is normalised, while proceeds from his other building in Ijagbo, Kwara State, comprising of six flats and two bedroom boys quarter, are used take care of his mother.

He said that Yekini’s mother and other family members had been living in two flats and one other used as a shop, while the rent of the others was collected by the mother before his death and that the situation has not changed since his death.

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