- There is tension in Delta state as landowners take to the street to protest the demolition of the properties they have invested a huge amount of money on
- In fact, the sad part of it all is that it was said that ten landowners have reportedly lost their lives in the process
- Meanwhile, the landowners in their protest are chanting, Okowa leave our land while noting he collected their properties forcefully
A report by The Punch has it that over 2,000 landowners have protested the acquisition and demolition of their property worth N30billion even as 10 of them reportedly died from a heart attack following the development.
The land situated at the back of Asaba International Airport, was said to have been sold by Umuodafe Quarters, in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state but forcefully acquired by the Delta State Government.
