Enugu clan protests alleged grabbing of ancestral land

The radical of Umuene, Amigbo colony successful Ishi-Ozalla community, Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, connected Thursday, protested the alleged forceful takeover of their ancestral land.

The aggrieved descendants of Nwafor Ogbodo Nwachi accused 1 Mike Onu of conniving with different alleged onshore grabbers to unlawfully instrumentality possession of their household onshore without immoderate valid documentation.

During the protest, the demonstrators marched astir the assemblage and aboriginal moved to parts of Enugu metropolis carrying placards with inscriptions specified as: “Our grandfather’s onshore is not your property, hands disconnected now,” “Mike Onu halt the onshore grabbing,” “No consent, nary construction,” and “Enugu State Government delight travel to our aid.”

Other placards read: “This onshore belongs to our family, not you,” “Trespassers volition look the judgement of God,” and “Justice indispensable prevail.”

Speaking to journalists during the protest, Dr. Modester Chekwube Muoneke alleged that members of the household had been marginalized and treated arsenic if they had nary 1 to talk connected their behalf.

“My radical are being marginalized and treated arsenic if they don’t person anybody to talk for them,” she said.

Muoneke explained that sometime successful 2025, the household noticed that a antheral identified arsenic Mike Onu had entered the onshore which she described arsenic the ancestral spot of her grandfather, Nwafor Ogbodo Nwachi.

According to her, w...