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Ensure that your estate is properly managed

Will Service

Ensure that your estate is properly managed, and your surviving relatives are taken care of, by filing your last Will and testament with us

Our Products

Simple Will Service:

Our simple Will service covers the balance in your Retirement Savings Account (RSA) and personal bank accounts irrespective of your Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) or Bank. This service is offered to individuals who would like to write their Wills to safeguard these assets.

Comprehensive Will:

A comprehensive Will covers all your assets – real estate, cash in bank, shares, private companies and any other asset as determined.

What it offers you:

  • Peace of mind: Knowing that your wealth will be distributed to the right people
  • Positive display of wishes: It lets you nominate your beneficiaries, state your intentions and appoint guardians for minors.
  • Provides for a trust created for the benefit of minors to protect their funds until they are 18 years old or using same for their education and health
  • A corporate trustee with a strong brand both locally and internationally as executors or co-executors of your Will
  • It is easier to process probate letters as against letters of administration, when you pass on.

 

What you need:

For Our Simple Will Service:

Please complete and execute the SITL Will Form Online  using the  Sample of valid Will form  as a guide and forward the original document with evidence of custody fee payment in a sealed envelope marked 'private and confidential' to any Stanbic IBTC Bank branch or office for onward delivery to Stanbic IBTC Trustees Limited at Stanbic IBTC Towers, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Please send an email to [email protected] once the executed Will has been dispatched to us.

For Our Comprehensive Will Service: 

Please contact us by email: [email protected] to provide the required information.

 

FAQs

  • What is a Will?
    A Will is a legal document which sets out who you want to receive your assets when you pass on.
  • Can I subscribe to the simple Will service in my personal capacity?
    Yes, you can subscribe to the simple Will service by completing our simple Will form, ensuring that the document is validly executed and submitting the original copy with evidence of your custody fee payment at our office (Stanbic IBTC Trustees Limited at Stanbic IBTC Towers, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos.) or any Stanbic IBTC Bank branch.
  • How is a Will validly executed?
    The testator/testatrix (the person who owns the Will) must sign the Will in the presence of two witnesses none of whom should be a beneficiary of the Will. The witnesses must also sign and date the document with the same date. The law requires that all three of them must be present at the same time when signing the Will.
  • Do I need to inform the beneficiaries that I listed in my Will?      
    No, you don’t have to inform the beneficiaries. We advise against informing them to avoid abuse of this information or expose you to grave harm.
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