The people of Obinagu village in Ugwuoba, Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State have bemoaned the alleged forceful take-over of their ancestral land by an agency of government.
The Obinagu people alleged that the land known as Ani Oma land situated at Obinagu village along Enugu-Onitsha Express Road is being taken over by Enugu State Housing Development Corporation (ESHDC).
They said this in a statement signed by the chairman, Obinagu Village, Onyeka Madubuchi, issued in Enugu.
The statement, which said the ownership of the land has led to legal battle between Obinagu and Agolo/Okpuno communities, stressed that the Court of Appeal Enugu Judicial Division affirmed that Obinagu people are the valid owners of the land.
“Interestingly, while the dispute over the Ani Oma land between Obinagu village and Agolo/Okpuno communities which started as far back as 1992 lingered, and to the knowledge of the ESHDC, the self-same corporation working in collaboration with the Agolo/Okpuno communities contrived a deed of customary grant where they purported to have acquired the Ani Oma land in dispute from Agolo/Okpuno communities who are themselves trespassers per the judgment of the Enugu State Customary Court and as upheld by the Court of Appeal,” the statement noted.
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