BY UMAR YUSUF
Tension is mounting in Adamawa State as the crisis rocking Kofare community and the Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Sa’ad MC Tahir over the blockage of an access road has taken a new dimension.

Members of Kofare “A” Ward in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa, have dragged the State Deputy Governor to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged blockage of access way to the ward thereby causing untold hardship to the residents.

In a petition addressed to the Chairman of ICPC by counsel to the community, Augustine Sambo Esq   and made available to journalists in YOLA Friday, the community accused the Deputy Governor of using his office to take over the land which they noted initially belonged to him but was taken from him by government three years ago on grounds of overriding public interest which resulted in paying him compensation by the then Murtala Nyako administration.

“ Sir, it will be recalled that sometimes in February 2012, the Kofare Ward community made a complaint to the Ministry of Land and Survey concerning the difficulty the community was having regarding easement from the area through to the Numan Road in Jimeta-Yola,” the petition reads.

“ The Ministry of Land and Survey, upon the receipt of the community’s complaint, set up a committee to access compensation to be paid to the owner of the plot of land on grounds of overriding public interest.