The people of Ugwuaji Awkunanaw Community in Enugu State have sued the state government through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and the Enugu State Housing Development Corporation over the alleged illegal possession of land.
In the suit filed at the State High Court, with Chief Monday Igweshi, Chief Simeon Ede, Chief Christopher Ikechukwu Ugwu, Chief Joseph Ngwu, and Chief Kanayo O. Atu representing the community as the 1st to 5th Plaintiffs sought N1 billion in damages against the government illegal possession of land.
In a statement of claim, the Plaintiffs stated that they are the bona fide members and illustrious sons of Ugwuaji Awkunanaw Community of Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State and members of the original Land Committee Ugwuaji, also referred to as “Land Committee Ugwuaji”.
The plaintiffs in the suit filed on December 10, 2024 through their team of lawyers led by G. O. Nwokeiwu, marked E/1079/2024 stated that “the invasion of the aforementioned parcels of land respectively known as Otonozi Land, Ikiti Land, and New Jerusalem City Layout (Awana Land), all of which are situate at Ugwuaji Awkunanaw Community in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State and destruction of the economic and food crops thereon by the Defendants is unlawful and constitute acts of trespass on the land”.
The plaintiffs sought among others, “an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants by themselves, their agents, servants, privies, workers, successors-in-title or any person acting for or on their behalf or any person claiming title or interest through them from interfering in whatsoever manner with the parcels of land respectively known as Otonozi Land, Ikiti Land, and New Jerusalem City Layout (Awana Land), all of which are situate at Ugwuall Awkunanaw Community in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.