Rights community petitioned over alleged land grabbing by police in Akwa Ibom

A steadfast successful Akwa Ibom State has petitioned the Human Rights Community implicit the State Police Command’s alleged onshore encroachment and usurpation of its cardinal rights.

Human Rights lawyer and Chairman, Akwa Ibom Human Rights Community, Clifford Thomas, Esq, who disclosed this during a property briefing successful Uyo connected Friday said they person concluded plans to writer the bid connected behalf of the firm, urging the Inspector General of Police, the Minister of Police Affairs, and the Police Service Commission to intervene and telephone the bid to order.

Thomas said successful the petition, that the Nature Control Company Limited, alleged that the bid refused to vacate the onshore situated astatine the 25th Anniversary Estate Road, Afaha Idoro, Uyo, Akwa Ibom Sate, measuring astir 9. 529 hectares which legitimately beryllium to it.

He explained that from the documentary grounds presented, “the onshore successful quality is backstage spot owned by Nature Control Company Limited, which has made substantive concern successful the acquisition of the spot legitimately from the erstwhile Allottee and owner, Papi Events and Promotions Limited (which got the allocation connected the 22nd of May, 2023) from the Akwa Ibom State Government, for Residential purposes.

“But connected the 23/08/2023, Papi Events and Promotion Limited nominated and appointed Nature Control Company Limited arsenic her existent and lawful lawyer implicit 7. 340 hectares (when the...