Report has it that unknown persons on Thursday attacked Abba community in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
This came barely 48 hours after an Anambra High Court ruled against a motion brought before it by the community in a land case between it and its neighbour, Ukpo, in Dunkofia Local Government Area of the state.
A famous writer, Chimamanda Adichie who hails from Abba had several times accused an oil magnate in Ukpo of masterminding the usurpation of her people’s land, but on Thursday, the Abba people woke up to see some bulldozers believed to be from Ukpo, demolishing some structures in the community, including the house of a business mogul in the area, Chief Goddy Nweke.
The development heightened tension in the area as the people tried to confront those demolishing the property, but a community leader in Abba, Alex Maduka told journalists that elders in the community had to prevail on the restive youths to remain calm.
He claimed that the bulldozers were guarded by some policemen during the demotion.
According to him, Abba Main Market and parts of Abba Secondary School were torched.
He said the demolitions had brought so much anxiety among the people, wondering why security operatives and the state government had not taken a decisive action to end the crisis between Abba and Ukpo, which had lingered for about 50 years.
The community leader urged his people not to retaliate because the police are not on their side, as any action they took could result in human casualties, and maintained that they would
continue to engage them in court until they got justice.
When contacted on telephone,, the Commissioner of Police in the state, John Abang, said he believed that Ukpo has a court judgement against Abba and might be enforcing the judgment in what was seen as demolition.
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