Elders of Ogui-Nike Community has accused staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) main yard, along Ogui Road, Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria of illegally disposing off the property of the Railway to the outgoing Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
Gatekeepers News reports that the community disclosed this in a statement jointly signed by Nnamani Darlington and Daniel Maduekwe.
The statement read partly, “The aforesaid pieces or parcels of land have been without controversy until the last management of the Railway Corporation led by one Mr. Olu in collaboration with the present management, illegally sold the community land to the said outgoing Governor of Enugu State, for personal use without recourse to the reversionary interest of the original owners, the community.
“Following the sale of those plots, heavy construction have begun on the said parcels of land, again without recourse to the reversionary interest of the original owners, the community.”
The Community noted that “It is necessary to point out that the Ogui-Nike and Umunevo Ogui-Nike Autonomous Communities of Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State are the customary owners and in possession of the land currently being occupied by the Railway Corporation, which was given to the Railway Corporation by their forefathers, sometime in 1920 at the arrival of Nigerian Railway Corporation in the then Eastern Region, under the British government.”
The community, therefore, called for the halt of all construction on the land and demanded the Nigerian Railway Corporation to explain the original title holders and “why lands meant for Railway development should be so egregiously converted to other purposes. In particular, we warn Governor Ugwuanyi to forthwith hands off our land.”
