Anambra State Government Silent: Land Grabbing and Human Rights Abuses in Anambra Enugwu-Agidi’s Struggle Against Its Own Leader
Anambra State Government Silent: Land Grabbing and Human Rights Abuses in Anambra Enugwu-Agidi’s Struggle Against Its Own Leader By Daniel Okonkwo Enugwu-Agidi, Nigeria Across Africa, land represents more than property. It is history, heritage, livelihood, and identity. Yet, in community after community, residents are finding themselves displaced, not by foreign multinationals or colonial legacies, but by those entrusted to lead them. That is the bitter reality in Enugwu-Agidi, a once-peaceful town in Anambra State’s Njikoka Local Government Area, where villagers accuse their President-General, Hon. Chukwuebuka Onuorah, of turning ancestral land into personal profit. Allegations of land grabbing, intimidation, abuse of office, and the erosion of communal governance have sparked unprecedented protests and a plea for help that now stretches beyond Nigeria’s borders. As international human rights advocate Daniel Okonkwo interviewed some stakeholders, these were the echoes and cries f...