Son evicts 78-year-old mother from matrimonial home

CRIME | SUSPENSE | INTRIGUE

A 78-year-old widow, Geto Adit, is appealing to President Yoweri Museveni and all the relevant security agencies to come to her help after she was dispossessed of property that belonged to her late daughter, Florence Akilu Oloi. 

Oloi worked for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for 30 years, but died intestate on March 6, 2024. 

In a fight for justice, Adit is also accusing sections of her children led by Michael Ambrose Opio, the programme director at Care International, of evicting her from her matrimonial home and destroying her home after she reportedly obtained letters of administration of the estate of her late daughter and shared out her property among all her nine children. 

Opio is also a pastor in Pentecostal Truth Evangelistic Fountain Church in Luzira, a city suburb. 

In an interview with New Vision, Adit, who hails from Otangula village, Aye sub-county in Kole district, said her woes started shortly before her daughter died on March 6, 2024. 

“At the time of her death, she had no husband, and neither was she blessed with any biological child of her own. The key beneficiaries of her estate were her parents, siblings and those who were dependent on her,” Adit said. 

“When we took the body to her home in Namugongo-Nsawo village for a wake and later to the village for burial, we didn’t know some of my own children had started scheming to take over her property. We thought we were in one accord, but they had formed cliques to grab my daughter’s estate even before we buried her,” she added. 

Adit said her children were divided into two — one group that was led by Opio had Jennipher Aloi, Patrick Okello Boniface, Evelyn Aloi, Susan Achola, Peter Omara and Beatrice Aloi, while the other group had Agnes Ayugi, Christine Aloi and Easter Kadito Aloi. 

“Even before burial, the group under Opio demanded her car and the sh15m that was given to me by URA for her burial. They attacked one of my daughters, Christine, who was looking after her late sister at IHK Hospital and demanded a share of the deceased’s property,” she said. 

Adit added that after her daughter’s burial on March 16, 2024, the siblings convened a meeting on March 17, 2024, but locked her in the house. 

At the time of her death, Akulu had left behind the following properties; a registered piece of land with a permanent residential house at Namugongo-Nsawo, Block 223, Plot 3205, measuring 0.094ha in Kyaliwajala ward, Namugongo division in Kira municipality; land in Busiro, Plot 67 measuring 0.047ha; land in Busiro, Plot 68, measuring 0.047ha; registered piece of land at Kiwanga, Block 111, Plot 1850 measuring 0.067ha; unregistered piece of land located at Adyangpiro cell, Amuca ward, Lira city, West division in Lira district. 

She also had; unregistered piece of land located at Apii village, Ayer sub-county in Kole district; unregistered piece of land located at Opwo, Akere cell, Boke ward in Lira city; Toyota Fielder motor vehicle registration number UBM 803A; Toyota Mark II vehicle registration number UAS 817A; National Social Security Fund survivors’ benefits; URA staff benefits; shares with Stanbic Bank Uganda; and personal effects which included jewellery. 

Adit said when they learnt that her daughter’s house had been allegedly broken into by Opio, they reported the matter to Kira Road Police Station, and they were given a case reference number 80/04/04/2024, titled — house breaking. The main suspect was Opio. 

“They were supposed to be removed from the house, but they claimed they did not have where to go and asked for some time. For harmony, I first left them to stay in the house,” she said. 

Adit added they were able to apply to court and the letters of administration were issued to three of the family members who including her, Christine and the deceased's other sister, Beatrice, on September 3, 2024. 

The administrators, on March 24, 2025, then filed an inventory under case number HCT-100-Family Division. In the inventory, the administrators said: “After being clothed with the letters of administration, we organised and held several family meetings and shared the deceased’s properties according to her wish. 

The registered piece of land with a residential house in Namugongo was given to Adit, their mother. Plot 67 at Busiro county was given to Ayugi and Christine; Plot 68 Busiro was given to Evelyn and Jennifer; land at Kiwanga was given to Beatrice; unregistered piece of land in Lira city was given to Christine; unregistered piece of land in Kole was given to Adit; two unregistered pieces of land at Apii were given to Peter Omara, a biological brother to the deceased.” 

However, Adit alleges that: “Despite this distribution, Opio and the group of some of the beneficiaries continued staying in the Namugongo house and refused to move out even after it was registered and transferred into my name.” 

On March 25, 2025, Adit’s lawyers — Odoo and Company Advocates — wrote to Opio, Mercy Alum, Jennipher and Joyce Akello, who were occupants of Adit’s house, notifying them to vacate the house. 

However, Opio, Alum, Jennipher and Akello, through their lawyers Jingo, Ssepijja and Co. Advocates, on April 1, 2025 responded to Adit’s lawyers saying: “As you are aware, our clients and yours met at their ancestral home on June 23, 2024 and executed a memorandum of understanding whereupon a pre-administration distribution plan was agreed upon and a copy filed with the office of the Administrator General. 

Be informed that on October 17, 2024, the said property was handed over to your client as per the estate distribution plan, however, your client has since not returned to the house, which is currently occupied by her grandchildren who used to live there with the late Oloi.” 

In an interview with The Weekend Vision, Opio said: “There is evidence showing who received money from our late sister’s estate since all the benefits from URA came and were distributed through the estate bank account held at Absa Bank. 

As for properties, there is evidence of a signed memorandum of understanding submitted to the Administrator General and court showing who was given and who received which property. 

“For URA benefits, 50% was given to our mother, 30% to my nine siblings, and 20% as tithes and expenses. For properties, all were shared between our mother and seven sisters. Feel free to verify these facts independently,” he added.