Youths from Umuezena in Umudim-Nnewi, Anambra State on Wednesday protested an alleged attempt by the
Anambra State government to take over their ancestral land.
Trouble started when officials of the state government entered the portion of the land which was said to have been given to Chief Innocent Chukwuma and Sir Chika Okafor for the extension of their factories and destroyed things in sight.
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The spokesperson for the protesting youths, Hon. Nwachukwu Akachukwu who is also the chairman, committee on lands for the community, said the expansive land belongs to five kindreds and that the families concerned through their Obis decided to give out the land to indigeneous industrialists from Nnewi so as to bring development and employment close to the people of Umuezena who have over the years been abandoned by successive government in the state.
Here's what he said;
“What the government officials did here yesterday fell short of known government procedure and protocols. It is difficult for us to believe that government officials would enter a land and start destroying everything in sight and even carted away some materials from the site.
“This is even more so when there is no letter from the state government to notify us about government's intention about the land.
“We gave out two hundred plots of land to Chief Innocent Chukwuma and two hundred and fifty plots to Sir Chika Okafor for the extension and expansion of their industries since 2004.
“If not for the intervention of Comptroller of Nnewi Correctional Center, Mr Uche Agwu who pleaded with the government officials to stop destroying things when they stormed the place, the level of destruction would have been total.
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Nwachukwu however threatened a showdown with the government officials if they illegally entered their ancestral land again. Some of the protesting youths pulled down bill board mounted by the state government claiming ownership of the land.
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