The Anambra state House of Assembly has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the President General of Ifite Nteje community in Oyi Local Government Area of the state.
This followed a recommendation made by the House Committee on Public Petition on a petition sent to the house by one Mr Chinedu Uzor and Obinna Emenogu titled Notice of illicit practice on land capable of causing communal crisis , an act which the state Assembly had legislated on.
During Plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Mr Chukwuma Okoye, the House resolved to the Committee on the whole where it considered the recommendations of the committee on Public Petition as presented by its Chairman, Mr Obi Nweke representing Anambra East Constituency.
Mr Nweke told the lawmakers that the petitioner wrote the House claiming that he bought a land from Ifite Nteje which was duly signed by the PG of the Community alongside all his executives.
According to Mr Nweke, the petitioner, however, observed that the same portion of land was also sold to another person by the same President General of Ifite Nteje leading to harassment and threats against the developer.
The Public Petition Chairman narrated that several meetings were held and the parties involved invited for hearing but the President General neglected the Committee and never honoured the calls to appear for hearing.
Based on the findings and information provided by other executives of the community, the committee observed that he allegedly sold the land to multiple persons .
Reporting progress after the considerations, the House adopted the recommendations of the Committee for it to be a working document and form part of the resolution of the State Assembly.
Part of the resolution include that the petitioners be allowed to take possession of the 500 plots of land acquired from the respondent with immediate effect.
It also resolved that the petitioners should go and possess and start erecting perimeter fencing to demarcate their property from others and the respondent should stay off the property.
The House government enjoined to deploy all the coercive apparatuses such as Ocha brigade, state Anti-tout Squad, Nigeria Police to proceed against any person molesting and preventing the Petitioners from into possession of the land especially one tout called Edu Baron.
They recommended that the President General of Ifite Nteje be arrested and Prosecuted in line with the amendment law of Anambra State prohibiting illegal dealings on land as he refused, failed and neglected invitation to appear before the committee to answer all the fraudulent activities of his towards the land in question.
