The Nimo town hall meeting over the plotting and sale of Owa land has ended in a stalemate.
Queen Anigbogu reports that the town hall meeting held at the Civic Centre, Nimo in Njikoka Local Government Area, attracted people from the four quarters that make up the community as well as those in diaspora who joined the meeting through zoom.
The meeting organized by Nimo Town Development Union, commenced with prayers, followed by breaking of kolanut by the traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Maximus Oliobi.
In his opening remarks, Igwe Oliobi explained that every indigene of Nimo has the interest of the town at heart and encouraged those who attended to make constructive contributions to the meeting.
In his comment, the President-General of Nimo Town Development Union, Chief Ekenenna Okafor-Omabu, said that the essence of the town hall meeting was for people of the community as brothers to rub minds for the progress of the town.
He advised the people to always attend meetings to enable them contribute to the good of the community even as he asked the people to shun violence and use dialogue and peaceful processes in resolving communal issues.
The traditional Prime Minister of the town, retired Justice Godwin Ononiba, gave a brief history of Owa land which he said Nimo Community acquired through conquest in 1936.
He said the Nimo Town Development Union is the highest decision -making body in Nimo and any decision they make is binding on every Nimo indigene and thanked the organizers of the meeting.
In a presentation on Owa land, facts, figures, next step, a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Anambra State, Barrister Peter Afuba, SAN, explained at length the design, plotting and sale of the land, noting that the sale of the land was done on the directive of Nimo community and for the best interest of the town.
However, a one-time elected officer of the town, Dr Valentine Oliobi, who claimed he was speaking on behalf of majority of Nimo people, asked the Nimo Town Development Union to stop further sale of the land and insisted that they should abide by the 2008 agreement of the community concerning the sale of land in Nimo town.
He condemned the way and manner the land was sold so far, depriving the owners of their farmlands without compensation.
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