Ute Community Calls For Verification Exercise On Abandoned Land
By Simeon OSAJIE
As a result of a series of complaints emanating from the abandonment of land acquired for more than twenty years in Ute Community, by the bypass in Uhunmwonde local government area of Edo State, the Ohen, Elders and the people have called on the public to come for a verification exercise in the community town hall
In a press release for the verification exercise signed by the Ohen- Evbunute, Chief Obasuyi Osagie, the Elders Council Secretary, Obasuyi Kenneth and the Okaighele (youth head) Amb Dr. Billy Oriakhi said the people of Ute Community deem it necessary to carry out the verification exercise because the lands that have been abandoned without development have become safe haven for criminals and criminality in the area.
The people however urged any persons or organizations that have landed property(s) in Ute community to get it cleared or commence development. The Community further advised those interested in acquiring land in the village not to go through any agents but rather through the appropriate authorities vis-a-vis the Ohen-Evbunute, Elders Council and the youth head (Okaighele).
“We are therefore calling on land owners, organizations that acquired land in the community from 2003 till date to come forward with their relevant documents to the Verification Committee at the community town hall slated to hold from January 2025 to March ending 2025, between 9.00am – 4.00pm daily, excluding Sundays.,
“Failure to comply with these directives, such land or land owners that acquired genuinely shall be relocated to another area of the community,” the statement added.
