1<html> 2 3<head> 4<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> 5<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> 6<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> 7<title>Ibusa News</title> 8</head> 9 10<body> 11 12 13<div class="marquee"> 14 <div class="marquee-line"> 15 <p align="center"> </p> 16 <p align="center"><font size="5"><strong>Visit the </strong><a href="http://www.ibusa.net"><b><font size="3" color="#ff0000">Ibusa</font></b></a><strong> 17 web site</strong> <img src="http://www.ibusa.net/arrow-r.gif" width="16" height="12"></font></p> 18 </div> 19</div> 20 21<h2>Two men killed over fraudulent land dispute in Ibusa</h2> 22 23<p> </p> 24<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><font size="3">Aside 25the serial killing of women which has plagued Ibusa since the beginning of 2009, 26two young men, Mr. Uche Okonji and Mr. Osolonye Asiodu were recently killed and 27several houses and cars set ablaze at Umuodafe village, Ibusa, Delta State. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We 28gathered from an eye witness that the killings were related to the fraudulent 29sale of Odafe isi-uzor, Umuodafe Village Community land by some indigenes of 30that village.</font></span> 31<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 32<p> </p> 33</span> 34</font> 35<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><font size="3">It 36all started a few years ago when the Delta State Government commenced the 37construction of the <b> Asaba International Airport</b> and the value of land 38surrounding the site of the new airport increased tremendously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 39</span>This development influenced the unauthorized sale of the community land 40located near the airport by some indigenes of Odafe isi-uzor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 41</span>Unfortunately, the lands were sold below market value. <b> With the <nobr>financial 42assistance</nobr> from Chief Emeka Uchidiuno </b> and other indigenes of <b> Odafe 43isi-uzor</b>, members of the community were able to engage the services of an 44Attorney who succeeded in stopping further unauthorized sale of their land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 45</span>The community then created a committee headed by <b> Chief Emeka</b> <b>Uchidiuno</b> 46to 47supervise and monitor all future sale of the community land for <nobr>equitable</nobr> 48distribution of the proceeds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This 49committee succeeded in recovering =N=30,000,000.00 (thirty million naira or two 50hundred thousand dollars) from some of the individuals who bought the land 51previously sold below its worth.</font></span></p> 52<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 53<p> </p> 54</span> 55</font> 56<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><font size="3">It 57was reported that the committee accounted for only =N=13,000,000.00 or 58$87,000.00 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of the =N=30,000,000.00. 59This resulted in the dissolution of the committee and the creation of a new 60committee headed by Chief Nosike Ikpo.</font></span> 61</p> 62<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 63<p> </p> 64</span> 65</font> 66<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><font size="3">At 67a meeting of Umuodafe clans, Mr. Uche Okonji confronted Mr. Uwagwu Okolie, (aka 68POPE) a member of the dissolved committee requesting that he and his 69cohort account for the entire sum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Fight 70ensued and the meeting ended abruptly without any resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 71</span>Later, on the same day at about 8:00 p.m. Pope and his cronies including 72one Mr. Augustine Uwajeh (aka AC Charchar) shot and killed Uche Okonji at 73his home in the presence of his father. They fled the town immediately after 74committing the murder. This ignited riot and protest amongst the youths who set 75ablaze several houses and vehicles belonging to certain members of the community 76believed to be involved in the conspiracy of the fraudulent land sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 77</span>It took the intervention of the Nigerian Police and the Army to quell the 78situation.</font></span> 79</p> 80<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 81<p> </p> 82</span> 83</font> 84<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><font size="3">Few 85days later, on Thursday, October 14, 2010 Pope and his gang returned at about 8612:00 midnight and shot and killed Mr. Osolonye Asiodu also at his home in the 87presence of his wife and children and went into hiding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 88</span>Again, the youths protested and destroyed more properties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 89</span>We also gathered that the protesting youths carried Osolonyes corpse 90and placed it at the gate to Mr. Fred (Onwa) Ajuduahs residence for a few 91hours as he is believed to be among the conspirators of the fraudulent land sale 92of the community.</font></span> 93</p> 94</font> 95<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The 96police have declared Pope, AC char-char and their cohorts wanted, and have also 97encouraged members of the community to volunteer any information that would lead 98to their arrest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Uche Okonji was 99buried on Saturday, October 16<sup>th</sup>, and Osolonye Asiodu will be buried 100on Friday, November 26<sup>th</sup>, 2010.</span></font></p> 101 102<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><strong>Visit the </strong><a href="http://www.ibusa.net"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="3">Ibusa</font></b></a><strong> 103web site</strong> <img src="http://www.ibusa.net/arrow-r.gif" width="16" height="12"></p> 104 105</body> 106 107</html>
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