A-Ibom women vow to go naked over land acquisition by govt

UYO — Women of Enniong Offot, Offot clan in Uyo, Akwa
Ibom State, have threatened to protest naked on the streets and
cry on to the gods of the land, should government refuse their
plea, and insist on confiscating their land.
The women, who joined the youths, took to streets, carrying
placards, following the crisis brewing between Akwa Ibom
State Government and the people of Urua Ntia village, in
Eniong Offot community in Uyo Local Government Area of
the state, over the alleged encroachment of community land
by the state government.
The villagers alleged fraudulent action by some government
officials attached to the Ministry of Lands and Town
Planning.
They carried placards with various inscriptions and appealed
to the state government to come to their aid by ensuring that
the remaining parcels of land meant for them were not taken
away.
According to them, 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.
Spokesman for the community, Mr Patrick Edet, 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.
The state government had, last week, described as fraudulent
and criminal, the re-occupation of land by former owners after
collecting compensation.
Commissioner for Lands and Town Planning, Obong Eno
Akpan, said the expiration of the tenure of the government
that acquired and paid compensation for the land did not mean
the end of government

Via: Vanguard