…says land grabbers are dubiuosly using the name of Enugu State Government
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BY MIKE OKEKE / ENUGU
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Scores of indigenes of Umuatugbuoma Akegbe Ugwu Autonomous community namely; Umuegboaro, Umuewoachime,Umugwuaro, Umude and Umuejimugwu in Enugu State on Saturday, staged a peaceful demonstration against the alleged plot to take over their ancestral land.
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To this end, the people of the community have called on the State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah to protect them from the hands of the ‘greedy and overzealous land grabbers’ whom they alleged came from Awkunanaw.
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The protesters alleged that there were ‘attempts by dubious people hiding under the name of Enugu State Government to take their ancestral land at Akpasha in Akegbe Ugwu Awkunanaw.’
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The protesters carried various placards with inscriptions which read: “OUR LAND IS NOT FOR GRABBERS”, “GOV MBA IS A FRIEND OF UMUATUGBUOMA”, “POLITICAL TRICK-STARS USE ENUGU GOVT’S NAME TO CORNER PEOPLE’S LANDS”, “WE VOTED FOR OUR MAN BARR MBA”.
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The Spokesman of the group ,Chief Ezekiel Ogbodo decried ‘a situation where a handful of individuals are using names of people in Government to threaten their existence since the taking of the said lands through their ploy will make their children homeless.
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Ogbodo said, ‘the land grabbers use His Excellency, Barr Peter Mba’s name to intimidate and take people’ lands.’
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He narrated, ‘they firstly, demanded for an access road into Chiukwu area of Amechi-Uno which has had an access road since the 60s which has served and still serving the Chiukwu Secondary school, the Federal School of Statistics and the people of Amechi -Uno where His Excellency, Senator Jim Nwobodo hails from.
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According to him, ‘the demand for another access road that will cut through the homes of and land of the five villages of Umuatugbuoma is a ploy by overzealous poltical actors to humiliate my people of Umuatugbuoma from where our forefathers of His Excellency Barr Mba moved to Owo (same time when people of Amechi Idodo left Amechi Awkunanaw for Idodo) and that their blood brother could not have made up a plan to create homelessness for them after blessing and voting for him.’
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Ogbodo lamented that they have no other place to live or build new homes since Enugu Mechanic Village, Rangers Estate Phase 1 and Phase 2 are all on Umuatugbuoma lands.
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He said that their place, Akegbe Ward 2, gave the highest number of votes to Governor Mba in the zone and promised to always support their son.
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The protesters said the land grabbings going on around their place have been the handiworks of some Awkunanaw people who are hiding but dropping the name of the governor.
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They vowed to take the case to Ani Awkunananaw, Ani Akegbe and Ugwunchi Umuatugbuoma (dieties) since those who unjustifiably sell lands are sold by the land.
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