Our correspondent UCHENDU EJIOWHOR reports that the people of Rumuowegwe community are challenging the state government to prove that it duly acquired the land as claimed.
A spokesman for the community, EDWIN LUKE-AMADI told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the past administrations had shown interest in acquiring the land but the transaction was not concluded.
LUKE-AMADI demanded the state government to enter into dialogue with the community to determine the exact portion of land it claimed to have acquired and whether the demolished Unity Estate was part of it.
Meanwhile; victims of the Eneka-Unity Estate demolition are still in distress following the loss of millions of naira in properties due to the action by the Rivers State Government, which they said was done without any warning.
Our correspondent also spoke with JOHN IHUA of the International Human Rights Protection Initiative, who aligned with the demolition victims to demand compensation from the Rivers State Government.
Before he was sacked along with other members of the Rivers State Executive Council, the former Commissioner for Urban Planning and Rural Development, CHINYERE IGWE, declined to speak on the Eneka Unity Estate Demolition despite several attempts by our correspondent to get his reaction.
