The demolition exercise carried out by the Delta State Government on Friday on buildings at the popular 74 Road and Anwai Road areas near Government House Asaba, the state capital, has displaced over 1,000 people.
The affected structures are hotels and schools among others.
Mr Frank Omare, Chairman of the state Taskforce on Recovery of Government Lands, who led other members of committee during the demolition exercise, vowed to go after the land grabbers, who misled innocent citizens into buying government lands.
He noted that there were people in government collaborating with the land grabbers but “we also are dealing with them”.
“All illegal occupants in government lands across the state to as a matter of urgency begin to evacuate their valuables as the government was out to recover all lands belonging to it across the state.
“We are still on the Asaba axis. We will go to Warri, Ughelli, Isoko, Agbor, Patani, Ibusa and other areas. We are coming to all those places because Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has directed that we recover all government lands across the state.
“From the beginning, various government agencies told them the land belongs to the government but they refused since Kefas, Ibori, Uduaghan, Okowa, and now it’s Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration.
“We are looking for the land grabbers and those community leaders who have misinformed and misled the less privileged in this state. How can you sell government land?
“A lot of them have run away but the government is coming after them because the suffering is too much as a result of the greed of some people but we cannot fold our hands because the government is government.
“It is not about Governor Sheriff Oborevwori or Chief Frank Omare but the defense of government policies. It is not targeted at anybody.
“Dear Deltans, ask well anywhere you are whether the property is on government land. Just remove your valuables because the government will soon get there,” he said.
Omare further described as propaganda the viral allegations that the government had given the property owners a year extension to regularize.
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