BREAKING: (Video)Tension In Mkpa Eto, Akwa Ibom Community, Over Alleged Grabbing Of Ancestral Land
Natives Seek Governor Enoh's Urgent Intervention
Tension has enveloped Mkpa Eto Community in Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, South- South Nigeria, as the natives, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest against an alleged forceful grabbing of their ancestral land by some accomplices.
They called on the state government to as a matter of urgency intervene in the development.
According to the protesters, the move to forcefully take over Mkpa Eto people's ancestral land for private use has allegedly been championed by the village head, Bob and Chief Godwin Obo.
The protest was triggered by the visit to the community by a team of private land valuers which the villagers accused of plot to dispossess his people of their ancestral land for private use.
The said that they were infuriated by the company's visit to the land with over 15 surveyors and Estate developers to carry out land marking.
"On hearing the news that Donald Bob has led his team to start marking the people’s ancestral land without their knowledge, the entire Community comprising men, women, and Youth of the community immediately embarked on a peaceful protest carrying leaves and Placards," Insider reporter said.
Some of the inscriptions on the placards read thus: “land grabbing ! hijacking Of Farmland In MKPA ETO Community, Onna LGA, By Wicked politicians ”. “Our farmland is our only means of livelihood”.
“Your Excellency, our dear Governor, Please intervene And Drive these illegal land grabbers away from our Community”.
“Governor Umoh Eno, Please Intervene and Save us from Extinction," “Save our Souls, Our Dear governor. Mkpa Eyo Women Love you”.
Speaking at the venue, Leader of the protester, Chief Mathias Justine Charlie Amah, a community leader from the only royal family in Mkpa Eto (Ekpuk Ukpa) stated that Mkpa Eto is a very small community and if such large acres of land are forcefully taken away from the people, the community will not have where to farm and eat again.
He said, "Should these evil land grabbers succeed, then the people will starve to death, as that is the only land to farm."
He assured the state government that if the they want to site any development project in Mkpa Eto, there is a community land located at Edidim, which is Ikot Idung (community land).
"The state government can freely take that one for its development project. We commend the state governor, His Excellency, Pastor Umoh Eno, Ph.D, on his people-oriented policy. We make a passionate appeal to the governor to intervene and drive "evil land grabbers" from our community before the situation escalates to an uncontrollable level."
Watch video of the protest, below
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