EXCLUSIVE: Ebonyi Businessman Accuses Ex-Gov Umahi Of Using Road Expansion As Pretext To Grab His Land For Private Plaza

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 According to him, the former governor, who is currently the Minister of Works, informed him that a road dualisation project around Dr. Akanu Ibiam Roundabout would affect part of his property frontage.



A business owner in Ebonyi State, Mr. Okay Emmanuel Nnolum, has accused the immediate past Governor of Ebonyi State, David Nweze Umahi, of using a road expansion project at the Dr. Akanu Ibiam Roundabout in Abakaliki as a pretext to revoke his company’s Right of Occupancy, demolish his filling station, and subsequently develop the land into a private shopping plaza reportedly linked to the former governor.

Nnolum, whose company B.O. Nnolum & Sons Limited owned the affected filling station, told SaharaReporters that what began as a purported government request for minor road expansion and canopy relocation eventually led to the total takeover of his property.


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