Coalition Vows To Reclaim Lands Ceded To Multinational By Obaseki

Natives of some communities in Edo State have vowed to resist the state government’s decision to cede their lands to some multinational in the state without the consent of the people.

The people described the decision by the state government to forcefully acquire their ancestral lands and cede them to investors, as a subtle means of telling them to go into extinction.

The Coalition Against Land Grabbing & Deforestation (CALD), supported by Okpamakhin Communities Initiative, who stated this on Thursday in Benin City, said the people have resolved to take back their lands.

Addressing the press, the Coordinator and founder of Okpamakhin Communities Initiative, Comrade Tony Erha, said that they have over the past ten years conducted 28 protests to draw government attention but all fell on deaf ears.

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He said they have instituted a case billed for hearing at the ECOWAS court and other lower courts with the hope that justice will be delivered

Comrade Erha, maintained that, despite the cases at the ECOWAS and lower courts, the people have been subjected to hardship and denied access to agricultural produce.

He urged the people to consider voting for the right people ahead of the state House of Assembly inorder for them to liberated from untold hardships.

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