Tension is again brewing in Wukari local government of Taraba state over an alleged confiscation of land belonging to one Barrister Luka Agbu by a top ranking official of the Nigeria Air Force.

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The said land which is located in the the General Reservation Area (GRA) of the said council was alleged to have been forcefully confiscated without the knowledge of the owner, the situation which is presently raising dust as the youths of the community vowed to take to the street if relevant actions are not put in place by the community heads and other relevant authorities.


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Some of the aggrieved youths who bared their minds to Naija247 News, also identified some influential persons in the community whom they alleged were use by the Air Force personnel to take hold of the land in question.
More to that , some staff of the Bureau of Land and Survey whom the youths alleged are feeding fat from the Air Force personnel, as stated by them made it easy for the said land to be confiscated.

As at the time of filing this reports the youths who expressed dismay over the act said ” now that we are happy that peace that eluded us in the past following the various upheavals that erupted in the area between the Christians and the Moslems, the Tiv and the Jukun among others that led to wanton destruction of lives and property is gradually return, some individual persons are busy trying to cause problem for us again.

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They beckoned at the traditional ruler of the area who also doubles as the Chairman, Taraba Council of Chief, Dr. Shakarau Agyu, and other peace loving well to do sons and daughters of the council to as a matter of urgency call to order persons behind the acts which they described as “unacceptable by us.”
Displaying the said documents of the land before our correspondent in his office located in.Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, Barrister Agbu, felt sad at the way and manner his land was confiscated without his knowledge.


Reiterating his readiness to tread all legitimate paths to reclaim the land, he h pleaded with the aggrieved youths not to take the law into their hands as relevant mechanism according to him have been put in place to seek redress in the court of law.
Aligning his weight to that of the youths , Agbu , felt sad that some leaders of the community who ought to be craving for peace are “now the ones who turn around to facilitated the confiscation of my land without reaching out to me just because something has exchange hand."

Stressing his willingness to eschew act that would jeopardized the peace now being enjoy by the council, he aligned his weight to that of the aggrieved youths,by admonishing the relevant authorities at the councillor to wade in.

Efforts by our correspondent to reach out to the persons involved in the land confiscation however failed .

Source: News247