…’I am glad youths of the area know the true about the land’.
By Iheanyi Enwerem
Imo State renowned political stakeholder and Chief Executive of Marcon Group, Barr. (Prince) Marcelinus Nlemigbo has refuted the allegations that he grabbed land at Nkaraha,Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, describing it as a calculated sponsored propagation of falsehood and futile attempt to tarnish his image.
He accused one CHINEDU Akpaelu who he said benefitted from his scholarship programme but now masking under the aegis of nonexistent Ohaji/Egbema Youth Movement,OEYM, accusing him of what he knows nothing about and has nothing to do with.
In a press statement IKORO OKIGWE got hold of and signed by Chief Nlemigbo, it said,” My attention has been drawn to a scandalous publication in some local newspapers, which is offensive to morality and my dignity by a non-existent group known as Ohaji/Egbema Youth Movement (OEYM), accusing me of land grabbing in the area.
The true position is that the land in question originally belongs to the Federal Government of Nigeria under the National Root Crop Production Company Limited NRCPC, a parastatal in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture”. Chief Nlemigbo stated
The Mbaitoli born Statesman further said that the parastatal originally procured the land, did all the formalities, met all the requirements including payment of compensation to the natives before taking possession, opining that the land in question is of two parts with the major part belonging to Umuapu while the remaining part is in Nkaraha community but both are contiguous.
Also he said that the company operated there for about 10 years before closing down and thereafter, the land was enmarked for privatization and commercialization which was meticulously handled by the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization domiciled in the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
” There was an open bid for the land, which was widely advertised, that was how we got wind of what was happening and joined in bidding. As luck would have it PADUA investment limited a subsidiary of Marcon Group won the bid and all formalities took place including handover of all necessary title documents”.
The soft-spoken political elder in Imo State,disclosed that this is not the first time Chinedu Akpaelu attempted to grab the land, “but he knows how it ended”. He said
