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Vice-President Kashim Shettima and his spouse, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima, have arrived in Kaduna State for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign flag-off forward...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu have departed Abuja for Kaduna State for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign flag-off forward...
The Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Delta State, Dr. Ifechukwude Anishi Okonjo II, has urged people circulating reviews on the boundary dispute between Ogwashi-Uku and neighbouring Ibusa group to cease deceptive the public over a latest ruling by a Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba. The monarch maintained that the individuals of Ogwashi-Uku would proceed to defend their ancestral lands via all lawful means, insisting that the courtroom’s ruling on a preliminary objection ought to not be introduced as a substantive judgment figuring out the boundary between the two communities. Obi Okonjo was reacting to a publication allegedly circulated by some people from Ibusa regarding the courtroom’s latest determination in proceedings relating to the disputed boundary. In a assertion issued by the Palace Secretary, Prince Ifeakanackukwu Emordi, the monarch described the publication’s suggestion that the courtroom had decided the boundary between the communities at the Ubu stream as a deceptive interpretation of the proceedings. According to him, the ruling addressed a preliminary objection and did not represent a substantive judgment figuring out the boundary rights of Ogwashi-Uku and Ibusa. He mentioned these celebrating the courtroom’s determination had failed to clarify the distinction between a ruling on a preliminary objection and a remaining willpower of disputed land rights. The monarch expressed confidence that the Court of Appeal would overturn the ruling, including that the authorized course of regarding the dispute remained ongoing. He referred to as on these accountable for the publication to cease circulating what he described as “sensational headlines that misrepresented the nature and implications of the court proceedings.” The conventional ruler additionally warned that no particular person or group ought to interpret the ruling as permission to trespass on disputed lands, intimidate farmers, interact in illegal land transactions, mobilise thugs or try to alter current boundaries via drive. Reaffirming Ogwashi-Uku’s place, the palace maintained that the Oboshi River remained the boundary between the two communities and rejected what it described as makes an attempt to use the procedural ruling to switch Ogwashi-Uku communal lands to Ibusa. The assertion additional argued that the particular lands and villages concerned in historic litigation ought to not be confused with the wider boundary claims allegedly being superior by some Ibusa pursuits. “No amount of media propaganda can enlarge the geographical scope of an old court judgment or confer rights over lands that were never properly adjudicated upon in those proceedings,” the assertion mentioned. Obi Okonjo referred to as on safety businesses to stay vigilant and stop any occasion from exploiting interpretations of the ruling to provoke violence or disrupt peace in the affected communities. ...
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