{"id":73443,"date":"2020-05-13T19:52:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=73443"},"modified":"2020-05-13T19:52:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:52:11","slug":"anambra-community-protests-alleged-shooting-destruction-of-farmlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/anambra-community-protests-alleged-shooting-destruction-of-farmlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra community protests alleged shooting, destruction of farmlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1666601813688718321\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">No fewer than 200 residents of Umuodu village Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Wednesday protested alleged shooting and destruction of farmlands in the community by people of Ezinano village, Awka.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The protesters drawn from over 20 villages of the community, also protested alleged land grabbing, intimidation and humiliation by thugs suspected to be members of the neighbouring community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The visibly angry protesters stormed the Government House, Awka, carrying placards bearing different inscriptions as \u2018Our Farmlands Not for Sale,\u2019 \u2018This is Pure Injustice, God is Watching,\u201d \u2018Ezinano Awka Invade Our Lands with Thugs, Bulldozers,\u2019 \u2018Umuodu Village in Total Danger.\u2019<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Leader of the protesters and the village chairman, Nweke Fabian said they resorted to peaceful protest as the only option as they lacked the power to fight back, appealing to Gov. Willie Obiano to intervene.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe have lost several hectares of land to the community. There are shooting all over the place, they\u2019re terrorising us. That\u2019s the reason why we\u2019re here to let our governor know what we\u2019re going through.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey have intimidated us; they have humiliated us; they have pushed us to the wall. Our children have no future, no place to live; our stream has been destroyed by Ezinano.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSince four days, they have been terrorising us with gun. One of our brothers, Daniel who went to his farm yesterday with his wife was beaten by the thugs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cEzinano community claimed the land was given to them by their forefathers, but there\u2019s judgement already on the land by African Court of Appeal since 1943,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Addressing the protesters, Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu however asked them to select representatives to meet with the deputy governor who is in charge of boundary disputes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He commended them for their peaceful disposition, assuring them of amicable resolution of the crises.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No fewer than 200 residents of Umuodu village Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Wednesday protested alleged shooting and destruction of farmlands in the community by&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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