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Court Declares Felix Amadi Nyeweli Ogbogoro …Begins Contempt Proceeding Against Claimants

A Port Harcourt High Court in Rivers State presided over by Justice Adolpus Enebeli has declared Eze Felix Amadi as the duly recognised Nyewali and paramount ruler of Ogbogoro community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
With this pronouncement, the 14-year old litigation bordering on the rightful ownership and occupant of the ancient stool of Ogbogoro monarchy has been put to rest.
The court also adjudicated on the land dispute between the families of Owhor Dike of Ehiozu and Rumukpalikwu-Ada all in Ogbogoro community, and held that the five disputed lands situated in different locations within the area, belong to the defendants, the Rumukpalikwu-Ada family.
The court, therefore, in its ruling,made consequential orders perpetually restraining the claimants in the matter,or their privies from entering,trespassing,selling,partitioning or allotting to any person any part of the lands.
It also awarded the sum of N500,000 against the claimants in favour of the defendants.
Enebeli made the declaration while delivering judgement on two consolidated suits brought before the court in 2009 by Ehiozu family as claimants and Rumukpalikwu-Ada family of Ogbogoro community in OBALGA, yesterday in Port Harcourt.
The trial judge affirmed that the two families belonged to the royal family of Ogbogoro community, and always jointly present one Owhor title at Ogbogoro council of chiefs but were distinct and different in their inheritance.
He averred that Rumukpalikwu-Ada family was the most senior among the progenitors of the Ogbogoro royal family, adding that in Ikwerre tradition and customs, they were in the best position to occupy the kingship before their juniors.
Enebeli, therefore, declared Chief Felix Amadias the paramount ruler of Ogbogoro and head of Rumukpalikwu-Ada family, and his co-defendants in the matter as members of the family.
“Thereis no motion from the claimants asking for setting outside the coronation of Chief Felix Amadi in 2005 since the pendency of this matter and there is no other person coroneted as the paramount ruler.So, there will not be vacuum created in the community.I enjoin all of you to follow the part of peace and work with your monarch,the court is not a Father Christmas to give you what you did not bargain for”, he stated.
The judge, however, gave window for those who built on the disputed land before the institution of the matter in court to approach the family for renegotiation, just as he went further to declare that those who bought and developed properties in the disputed land during the pendency of the suit, are at the mercy of Chief Felix Amadiand members of his family.
Meanwhile, Justice AdolphusEnebeli has fixed March 2, 2022, to commence proceedings of contempt of court brought against Collins Ihunda, ClifordAmadiLetten, Maxwell and two others who are members of Ehiozu family over allegations of disobeying the orders of the court during the pendency of the matter.
They are standing trial for allegedly tampering,selling,partitioning and allotting the disputed lands even after the court had made an order restraining all the parties till the determination of the suit before it.
The trial judge warned that no court would be happy when people resort to self-help and disobey its orders.
He warned all the affected persons to ensure that they appear in court on the aforementioned date.
Speaking outside the courtroom, counsel to the defendants in the matter, Joseph Dents, declined comment on the judgement.
However, Emenike Eke, counsel to the defendants, commended the court, and described the judgement as justice for his clients.
By: Akujobi Amadi
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RSG Tasks Rural Dwellers On RAAMP …As Sensitization Team Visits Akulga, Degema, Three Others

Rivers State Head of Service, Dr (Mrs) Inyingi Brown, has called on rural communities in the State to embrace the Rural Access and Agricultural marketing project (RAAMP) with a view to improving their living conditions.
This follows the ongoing sensitization campaign by the State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) visits to Degema, Abonnema, Afam headquarters of Degema, Akuku Toru and Oyigbo Etche and Omuma local government areas respectively.
Dr Brown who was represented by the Deputy Director, Special Duties in her office, Mrs Dein Akpanah, said RAAMP was initiated by the Federal Government and World Bank to economically empower rural dwellers.s
She said the World Bank understands the plights of rural farmers and traders in the State, and therefore came up with the programme to address them.
According to her, RAAMP will improve the conditions of farmers, traders and fishermen, and therefore, behoves on every rural communities in the State to embrace the programme.
The Head of Service also said the programme would support the youths to be gainfully employed while bridges and roads will be built to link farms and fishing settlements.
Also speaking, the State project coordinator, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the programme has the potential of creating millionaires among farmers and fishermen in the State.
Kpakol who was represented by Engr. Sam Tombari, said RAAMP would help farmers and fishermen to preserve their produce.
According to him, the project will build cold rooms and Silos for preservation of crops and fishes while access roads will also be created to link farmers and fishermen to the market.
He, however, warned them against any act that will lead to the suspension of the projects by the World Bank.
Kpakol particularly warned against acts such as kidnapping, marching ground, gender based violence and child labour, adding that such acts if they occur may lead to the cancellation of the project by the World Bank.
During the visit to Oyigbo local government area, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the team was there to let them know how they will benefit from the Raamp.
The coordinator who was personally at Oyigbo said the World Bank introduced the project to check food insecurity in the State.
He said already 19 states in Nigeria are already benefitting from the project and called on them to embrace the project.
Meanwhile, stakeholders in the three local government areas have commended the World Bank for including their areas in the project.
They, however, complained over the incessant attacks by pirates on their waterways.
At Degema, King Agolia of Ke kingdom said land was a major problem in the kingdom.
King Agolia represented by High Chief Alpheus Damiebi said many indigenes of the kingdom are willing to go into farming but are handicapped by lack of land.
Also at Degema, the representative of the Omu Onyam Ekeim of Usokun Degema kingdom, Osoabo Isaac, said Degema has embraced the programme but needed more information on the implementation of the programme.
Similarly, while High Chief Precious Abadi advised that the project should not be narrowed to only crop farming, a community women leader, Mrs Orikinge Eremabo Otto, called for the construction of cold rooms in all fishing settlements in the area.
At Abonnema, Mr Diamond Kio linked the problem of the area to incessant piracy along waterways.
He also expressed fears over the possibility of the project being hijacked by politicians.
Also at Abonnema, a stakeholder, Ikiriko Kelvin, called on the World Bank to design an agricultural project that will suit the riverine environment, while at Oyigbo, HRH Eze Boniface Akawo expressed satisfaction with the project.
John Bibor
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Senate Replaces Natasha As Committee Chairman

The political mudslinging between the Senate leadership and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan continued yesterday as the Senate named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during yesterday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on suspension.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was reassigned to the Diaspora and NGOs Committee in February after she was removed as Chair of the Senate Committee on Local Content during a minor reshuffle.
Bassey is the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District.
Although no reason was given for her removal yesterday, the change is believed to be connected to her unresolved suspension.
In May, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court ordered her reinstatement and directed her to tender an apology to the Senate.
However, the Senate has insisted it has not received a certified true copy of the court judgment.
Akpoti-Uduaghan who represents Kogi Central, has yet to resume her legislative duties despite a recent court ruling that voided her suspension.
In a televised interview on Tuesday, Akpoti-Uduaghan said she was awaiting the Certified True Copy of the judgment before officially returning to plenary, citing legal advice and respect for institutional process.
Although the Federal High Court described her suspension as “excessive and unconstitutional”, a legal opinion dated July 5 and attributed to the Senate’s counsel, Paul Daudu (SAN), argued that the ruling lacked any binding directive to enforce her reinstatement.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of only three female senators in the current assembly, said the continued delay in allowing her return was not only a denial of her mandate but also a blow to democratic representation.
“By keeping me out of the chambers, the Senate is not just silencing Kogi Central, it’s denying Nigerian women and children representation. We are only three female senators now, down from eight,” she said.
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