WHY THE IBRU BROTHERS BOYCOTTED THEIR NIECE’S WEDDING.

The Ibru brothers (Michael, Felix, late Bernard, Goodie and late Alex) are very known in Nigeria. Their prominence and popularity stemmed from their entrepreneurial acumen and the tightly knitted brotherhood that exists among them.
Today, their business empire which includes virtually all the sectors of Nigerian economy is in billions of naira. But 3 recent events have put a question mark on the brotherhood and brotherliness that has been existing amongst them for sometime now.

The law suit came up on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Federal Palace High Court, Victoria Island, Lagos. Although, people are insinuating that Mrs Maiden Ibru, Alex's wife, instituted the law suit against her brother-in-law, sources gathered that the case had been instituted by Alex himself before he died, and that his wife was only carrying out her late husband's orders. And going by what Lady Maiden Ibru said in court when she was allowed by the judge to speak, it showed that Alex was disappointed in his immediate elder brother, Goodie. It also buttressed the fact that Maiden Ibru was acting on her husband's instruction by going to court.

 One of the events was the law suit instituted by Omamo Investments Corporation, a company solely owned by Alex Ibru, against Tourism Company Nigeria, the owners of Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, in which Goodie Ibru, is the chairman and late Alex, a director.

As a result of the on-going crisis, the Ibru's family were conspicuously absent at the traditional white wedding of the daughter of Lady Maiden Ibru and late Alex which took place on Saturday April 21, 2012 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. 
It was an absence that was noticed by some of the guests who made it a point of discussion while leaving the venue of the marriage ceremony.