Imo State to demolish illegal structures on govt lands
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has announced that the government would soon commence demolition of properties illegally sited on government lands particularly structures built on Federal Government railway line.
The State Commissioner for Land, Survey and Physical Planning, Eyinnaya Onuegbu disclosed this in his office at the state secretariat, Owerri, stressing that there would be no sacred cow, while federal parastatals involved would be treated same way.
The commissioner noted that the government would no longer tolerate indiscriminate allocation of land without following due processes, stressing that if not tackled now it may disrupt the Master plan of the State.
Onuegbu warned those occupying such lands to relocate or have themselves to blame as the State government would commence the demolition exercise in three months’ time after going through all the processes involved.
He also warned some of the occupants who built residential houses on lands designated for markets and those who are trespassing on the land meant for railway line to leave in their own interest.
He disclosed that the current administration has checked the illegal issuance of Certificate of Occupancy, adding that the practice which existed in the previous government has led to the State government having over 1,400 pending land cases in court.
According to him, the past government documents were duplicated into three titles over one land to three or four people because certificate of occupancy was in various hands, being issued in the ministry of land, bureau of lands as well as from Government House.
