The Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has promised to set up a Commission of Inquiry on the controversial communities' lands acquired by the immediate past government of Godwin Obaseki.
The Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo , has promised to set up a Commission of Inquiry on the controversial communities' lands acquired by the immediate past government of Godwin Obaseki .
reports that the immediate past government of Godwin Obaseki had in October 2022 demolished no fewer than 100 houses in Oke-Oroma, Irhirhi-Obazagbon and Ogheghe communities. The demolition rendered thousands of persons homeless while property estimated billions of naira was also destroyed.
recalls that at a press conference in October 2022, the immediate past Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare told newsmen that 106 structures have been marked for demolition, out of which 24 would not be demolished but to be used as government offices. Nehikhare had also told the newsmen that the state government duly acquired the land measuring 1,229 hectares in 2017 and gazetted while the affected residents claimed that they acquired their plots of land legally.
also recalls that in one of the engagements with the developer of the Coral City project in 2023 said, “Our financing partners would make this possible, as we estimate about N20 billion to cover the first phase of infrastructure, which is about 13.3km, and other things we are expecting would be ready within six to nine months.”
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