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| Hope Uzodimma & Prof. Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe. |
The Committee set up by Imo State Government for the recovery of land belonging to Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE), Tuesday indicted former governor Rochas Okorocha for using brute force to disposes the College of its land.
Submitting
its report to Governor Hope Uzodimma, the committee recommended the recovery of
the Shell Camp land from Okorocha and his associates within six months and hand
the same over to AIFCE.
The
report which was signed by the Chairman, Prof Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe and
the Secretary, Barr B F Anyanwu, regretted that Okorocha, as governor,
used brute force including the military and hoodlums to snatch the land from
the College after which he allocated or sold same to his top associates.
Those
who benefited from the bazaar and have been similarly asked to vacate the land
include two of Okorocha's in laws, Dr Uzoma Anwuka and Hon Kingsley Uju.
Apart
from Okorocha's, inlaws a former Speaker, Chief Acho Ihim, Chief Charles Orie,
Prince Charles Amadi and Chief Ugochukwu Hillary also benefited from the
illegal acquisition.
The
Committee regretted that Okorocha ordered the demolition of 101 buildings
belonging to staff of the College and thereafter confiscated their property.
It
therefore urged the Imo State Executive Council "to direct the recovery of
all the lands belonging to AIFCE, which are now illegally in the hands of
individuals and institutions."
It
further asked the State Government to ensure the recovery of the land within
six months and thereafter issue a certificate of occupancy to the college.
"AIFCE
should take full possession of the vacated land and property immediately upon
recovery while the Commissioner for Lands and OCDA should recover the land
within six months," the committee recommended.
It
further recommended that AIFCE should pay the agreed compensation to Orji
indigenes who are the original owners of the land while the Army should vacate
the shanties they erected in the land and finally move to Obinze.
Responding,
Governor Uzodimma thanked the committee for doing a thorough job and promised
that the State Government would take all necessary steps in accord with due
process to implement the committee's recommendations.
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