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October 10, 2013

Tension in Abia community over sale of ancestral land

BY TONY NWANKWO
PEACE in Idima-Abam, Arochukwu Local Government Area, AbiaState, is threatened by the illegal sales of ancestral living quarters at Ndi-Oloko Compound, an action described by indigenes as a taboo. Idima vigilante group has intervened.

Condemning the sales, Elder Oloko Ibe Kalu said the perpetrators were becoming a threat to peace by selling off even ancestral artifacts that existed before their forefathers in the area.

He said: “They sold my ancestral home to a complete stranger until I had to return to confront them.

“It seems that when they are broke, they resort to selling anything, even ancestral materials that belong to other families. This must stop.”