Uneasy calm has enveloped Nkanuland in Enugu State following the demolition of buildings belonging to a prominent indigene of the area and Lagos-based businessman, Dr Basil Ogbuanu, allegedly on the orders of the wife of the former Governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo, Mrs Patricia Nwobodo, writes Ejiofor Alike
Tension has enveloped Nkanuland in Enugu State as prominent indigenes of the area are sharply divided over the demolition of buildings belonging to a Lagos-based businessman and investor, Dr. Basil Ogbuanu, inside an Estate at the Independent Layout, Enugu.
Ogbuanu reportedly bought the plots of land from Linkana Hotels Limited, in which the former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo and his wife, Mrs. Patricia Mgbenyere Nwobodo, are listed as directors.
The Lagos-based entrepreneur reportedly made payments in October and November 2022 and claimed that the former governor and his wife acknowledged payments and signed the necessary documents.
According to the documents sighted by THISDAY, before Ogbuanu began the construction of the buildings on the said Plots R/18, R/19, R/21 and R/22, he had fully paid the Nwobodos for the said plots “in good faith, honesty, and upon furnished consideration to the vendor”.
