The Women of Enniong Offot, Offot clan in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State,Nigeria
are threatening to embark on a naked street protest and also invoke the
gods of the land, if the state government insist on seizing their land.
The women who had recently embarked on a peaceful protest said ministry
officials are fond of moving in and out of their community to allot and
sell parcels of land to people, claiming that land in Eniong had been
taken over by the state government.
Mr Patrick Edet,spokesperson for the community has also warned the
ministry officials to stop trespassing on their land as the land's right
of occupancy was not revoked in year 2000 as claimed by Ministry of
Lands recently in a report published in newspapers.
In reaction to the protest, Obong Eno Akpan, Akwa Ibom State
Commissioner for Lands and Town Planning, said the expiration of the
tenure of the government that acquired and paid compensation for the
land did not mean the end of government. The state government also
described as fraudulent and criminal, the re-occupation of land by
former owners after collecting compensation.
source: NAN
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