The dispute between the Nigerian Navy and Oghara community in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, over the extent of land acquired for the building of a naval facility in the area has been finally resolved with leaders agreeing to give the Navy an additional 243 hectares of land.

This followed the intervention of the state’s Ministry of Lands, Survey and Urban Development which mediated in a meeting it convened between leaders of the community and officials of the Navy with Chief Dan Okenyi, the commissioner, presiding.

Speaking on behalf of the community, Chief Steve Ediwere, its spokesman, said that they decided to let go of the additional land in the overriding interest of the nation.

He urged the Ministry of Lands to put machinery in motion for the determination and prompt payment of fair compensation to the people of Oghara, host of the Nigerian Navy Logistics Command.

Assuring the community of the resolve of the Delta State Government to protect their interest, he urged the leaders to nominate a qualified estate surveyor to work alongside officials of the Ministry of Lands in the task of evaluating the land for the purpose of determining appropriate and just compensation.