January 11,2015
Land dispute: Land grabbers declare war against Ngere family
By Oti Okoro
It is really a difficult moment for the Ngere family of Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria following a recent Land dispute in the community. The dispute unfortunately, has claimed the life of the patriarch of the family, Pa Ngere who was kidnapped and murdered in cold blood by gun men who were hired by agents opposed to the Ngere family's ownership of some plots of land in Agbor
The dispute which took a different dimension in late December, 2014 after a clash involving the Ngere family and the Iand grabbers claimed one life.
A member of the Ngere family who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that his family members were working in the family Land when, suddenly, a group of men stormed the land and ordered that they should leave. He disclosed that the argument the attack generated triggered a serious fight between members of the Ngere family and the land grabbers. Pa Ngere's son, Ngere Buchi in an attempt to escape the attack hit one of the intruders on the head. The injured victim was reported dead after staying three days in coma in the hospital.
He stated that the death incident led to the outright declaration of war against the Ngere family with Ngere Buchi as the number one suspect. However, Ngere Buchi' s father became a victim when his son ran away from the community. The innocent old man was kidnapped and killed by the land grabbers.
Our reporters reliably gathered that Ngere Buchi is still on the run, as he has not been seen anywhere since he escaped the attack.
In tears another member of the Ngere family declared that their lives are in danger, particularly that of Ngere Buchi as a very serious armed group are combing everywhere in Nigeria to get him killed.
He prayed God to protect every member of his family, including Ngere Buchi who he said has been advised to remain in his hiding place for safety reasons.
I am form agbor delta state Nigerian. In December 2014 I was in my home town when we were working inside our land, some group of men came in and asked us to go out of the land which we started and aggueing and in the curse of that we started fighting. I mistakenly hit one of them with a stick on the head and he slumped and fell down. He was immediately rushed to the hospital and was later confirmed dead by the doctor after 3 days in comer. When he was confirmed dead I immediately ran to onitsha where I made my way to Kanu and the family started looking for me. Not being able to find me they adopted my father and killed him for refusing to give them the information of my where about. I noticed my life was in Denger if I remain in Nigeria so I decided to flee to Libya which I left Kanu on the 27 of December. On getting to Libya my friend told me that they have already adopted my father and killed him that I made the right choice to have left immediately
