Land Grabbing, Subversion of Justice: Edo Majority Leader Allegedly Invades Disputed Property With Armed Thugs.

There was an uneasy calm in Aduwawa area of the Benin metropolis as Edo state Majority leader Henry okharuobo in what could be said to be an attempt to subvert  justice allegedly invaded a contested landed property with armed thugs shooting sporadically while residents ran for their lives as the thugs  razed down crops worth millions of naira after a Benin High Court have restrained him from entering the said landed property  belonging to Osaigbovo Uwangue and Barrister Smart Agbonlahor.

             Hon. Henry Okhuaroboh

Trouble seems to have started when the Edo law maker approached the owners  of the property to sell a portion of the landed property to him  to enable him build a hotel since it was in a choice area of Aduwawa and they declined because they couldn't reach an agreement.

The lawmaker angered by the breakdown of transaction  however threatened to use his government power to falsefully grab the land and unleash terror on him.

Owing to his threat and subsequent force mood to take over the property as an Edo lawmaker, the owners of the property approached the High Court which restrained Mr okharuobo from trespassing pending determination of the case.

However in a twist of event and in connivance with the police area command in charge of ikpoba Hill, ACP Lawal Wale, a petition came up from the said lawmaker alleging that the owners of the landed property forged papers to take over his land.

All attempts to persuade the Area Commander that the allegation was false and  that the issue was already pending before a competent court of jurisdiction failed as he hurriedly charged the said owners of the landed property to ogbeson Magistrate Court apparently to fulfill his side of the alleged financial bargain by the Edo law maker who is known all over Edo land for his dubious land grabbing antics

With both cases still pending in the different courts, the Edo law maker  brought boys at night suspected to be thugs, shot sporadically in the area  to scare away neighbours, destroy the fence and  set the place on fire burning  the entire crops and threatening them of physical assault next time they come.

Reacting to the incident, the Majority Leader Henry okharuobo debunked  the allegation saying his name was being dragged in the mud in an attempt to tarnish his image.