Ebenesi Indigenes Protest Planned Demolition of Ancestral Homes in Anambra

Indigenes of Ebenesi Community in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Tuesday protested at Obi Ezenabo Traditional Centre against plans to demolish their ancestral homes for a power line project.

The protesters appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Governor Chukwuma Soludo to intervene in the disagreement with the Transmission Company of Nigeria over the project.

The community alleged that more than six elders had collapsed and died after officials of the Anambra State Physical Planning Board marked their houses for demolition.

Speaking during the protest, Ebenesi Community Chairman, Chief Okechukwu Oraka, said affected landlords were given 14 days to demolish their homes or have the government pull them down at their own cost.

Oraka said the community is rejecting the demolition because no arrangement has been made to relocate affected residents before the power line project begins.