The Nkomoro Onuogba Nike community, Enugu East Local Government Area, Enugu State, has appealed to former minister of power, Barth Nnaji, to stop demolishing their ancestral homes and farmland.
They made the appeal during a news conference on Friday in Enugu, alleging that the former minister had forcefully taken over their ancestral land.
The community members carried placards with inscriptions such as “Barth Nnaji has rendered our people homeless”, “Gov. Peter Mbah, please save us”; and “Barth Nnaji leave our land alone”.
The Nkorom Onuogba community, which migrated from Ezza in Ebonyi State, appealed to Governor Peter Mbah to prevent them from becoming homeless.
The community’s claim
Speaking through a representative, Stephen Itumo, the community claimed it had lived in the area for decades and regretted that Mr Nnaji “emerged from nowhere to demolish their homes.”
According to Mr Itumo, former minister of power, stormed the community with armed…