Honourable Reginald Kelechi Opara, who spoke in an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters, alleged that about 100 hectares of land belonging to Ugakwoche Village were forcefully taken in 2017 under the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha and handed over to the Nigerian Air Force.
A community in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, Egbelu Obube Autonomous Community, has accused government officials and security operatives of renewed attempts to take over its ancestral land despite an ongoing court case and a prior panel report allegedly declaring the earlier acquisition illegal.
Honourable Reginald Kelechi Opara, who spoke in an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters, alleged that about 100 hectares of land belonging to Ugakwoche Village were forcefully taken in 2017 under the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha and handed over to the Nigerian Air Force.
“In 2017, the Imo State government under the administration of Rochas Okorocha forcefully took our land, Ugakwoche Village in Egbelu Obube Autonomous Community in Owerri North LGA of Imo State, of about 100 hectares without compensation and gave it to the Nigeria Air Force,” he said.
He alleged that a subsequent administration led by Emeka Ihedioha set up a panel of inquiry which reportedly found that the land was illegally acquired and recommended its restoration.
