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Probate Staff says I dont understand I should give egunje

Date Paid: | City: Ikeja
Date Reported: 2013-04-18 06:45:45 | Department: High Court

Paid N0

Office/Company: PROBATE
Transaction: Registration of Will
Bribe Type: Nil
Detail: My father died intestate and we applied to the Probate office to help give us access to his bank account in August 2011. Probate staff, Dupe, blatantly asked for 'annointing' before she would open a N10 folder for his file. Ok, so I assume that probate cannot afford to give clients N10 folder, and hand over N200 to cover cost of folder. She asks me to return next day with a bunch of forms, signed but not filled. I filled the forms anyway, and she got vexed the next day and refused to serve me as I had 'shortened her ration' by not allowing her 'tax' me for helping me fill the form. Their cashier collected N225 for some mandatory charge, but refused to give me change out of N500, dissing that I would be 'Ijebu' otherwise. Nevertheless, the delays had begun. Cut a long story short, what could have taken only 2 weeks of coming and going, doing all photocopying on their behalf, as probate could not afford messengers or copy machines, took 9ine months. During this time, they actually refurbished their offices with brand new expensive doors and air-conditioning, no doubt from the 10% advance probate fee they charge every customer. Though I had promised one of the staff, Mrs Wayas, 5% of any funds derived from papa's account, if she simply called or texted me as soon as the application was successful, she refused to call or answer my calls, which meant I had to venture into probate every other day for nine months! She claimed because I wasn't smart enough to 'drop egunje', my file was either 'missing' or 'still with the judge'. As it turned out, Admin Letter had been issued by judge in November 2011, but vindictive staff was only released it, after complaints to the Chief Registrar, in April 2012. By this time, as luck would have it, papa's bank balance had increased by nine times the amount that had been declared on file - proving that every disappointment is a blessing!

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