Alvan Ikoku: Panel charges Okorocha with forced land acquisition
•Araraume, Uche Nwosu, Anwuka will lose houses
The committee set up by the Imo State government for the reclamation of land belonging to the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE), yesterday charged former governor Rochas Okorocha with using force brutal to dispossess the college of its land.
In submitting its report to Governor Hope Uzodimma, the committee recommended that the Shell camp lands be recovered from Okorocha and his associates within six months and turned over to the AIFCE.
The report which was signed by the President, Professor Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe and the Secretary, BF Anyanwu, regretted that Okorocha, as Governor, used brute force, including the military and thugs , to snatch the lands from the College, after which he allotted or sold the same to his best associates.
Those who benefited from the bazaar and were also asked to leave the field included two of Okorocha's laws, Dr. Uzoma Anwuka and Kingsley Uju.
Besides Okorocha's in-laws, a former president, Chief Acho Ihim, Charles Orie, Prince Charles Amadi, and Ugochukwu Hillary also benefited from the illegal acquisition.
The Committee regretted that Okorocha ordered the demolition of 101 buildings belonging to college staff and then confiscated their property.
He therefore urged the Imo State Executive Council “to order the recovery of all land belonging to the AIFCE, which is now illegally in the hands of individuals and institutions.”
p>He further requested the state government to secure the reclamation of the land within six months and then issue a certificate of occupancy to the college.
“The AIFCE should take full possession of the liberated lands and assets immediately upon their recovery, while the Lands Commissioner and the OCDA should recover the lands within six months,” the committee recommended.
>He further recommended that the AIFCE pay the agreed compensation to the Orji natives who are the original owners of the land while the army should vacate the barracks they erected on the land and eventually relocate in Obinze.
Related NewsIn response, Governor Uzodimma thanked the committee for its thorough work and promised that the state government would take all necessary steps in accordance with due process to implement the committee's recommendations.
•Araraume, Uche Nwosu, Anwuka will lose houses
The committee set up by the Imo State government for the reclamation of land belonging to the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE), yesterday charged former governor Rochas Okorocha with using force brutal to dispossess the college of its land.
In submitting its report to Governor Hope Uzodimma, the committee recommended that the Shell camp lands be recovered from Okorocha and his associates within six months and turned over to the AIFCE.
The report which was signed by the President, Professor Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe and the Secretary, BF Anyanwu, regretted that Okorocha, as Governor, used brute force, including the military and thugs , to snatch the lands from the College, after which he allotted or sold the same to his best associates.
Those who benefited from the bazaar and were also asked to leave the field included two of Okorocha's laws, Dr. Uzoma Anwuka and Kingsley Uju.
Besides Okorocha's in-laws, a former president, Chief Acho Ihim, Charles Orie, Prince Charles Amadi, and Ugochukwu Hillary also benefited from the illegal acquisition.
The Committee regretted that Okorocha ordered the demolition of 101 buildings belonging to college staff and then confiscated their property.
He therefore urged the Imo State Executive Council “to order the recovery of all land belonging to the AIFCE, which is now illegally in the hands of individuals and institutions.”
p>He further requested the state government to secure the reclamation of the land within six months and then issue a certificate of occupancy to the college.
“The AIFCE should take full possession of the liberated lands and assets immediately upon their recovery, while the Lands Commissioner and the OCDA should recover the lands within six months,” the committee recommended.
>He further recommended that the AIFCE pay the agreed compensation to the Orji natives who are the original owners of the land while the army should vacate the barracks they erected on the land and eventually relocate in Obinze.
Related NewsIn response, Governor Uzodimma thanked the committee for its thorough work and promised that the state government would take all necessary steps in accordance with due process to implement the committee's recommendations.
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