By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Anambra State-based rights activist, Osita Obi, has accused the State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, of causing his wife both emotional and psychological trauma following the demolition of her house in the Executive Business District of Awka, he state capital.

Obi stated that his wife owns the demolished multi-storey property which she built with her life savings, including gratuity.

According to Obi, the land where his wife built the house was duly allocated to her by the Anambra State Government.

He lamented that his wife’s health is now in serious danger as a result of the action of Soludo’s government.

In a media chat in Awka on Wednesday, Obi said that he had made several entreaties to the state government to save his wife’s life from her precarious situation to no avail.

“Please, can you help me get this issue across to the people of Nigeria so that they can help me get justice from Soludo,” he told newsmen.

One of his appeals to the state government partly read, “On 7th December, 2022, this house at the Executive Business District, Awka was demolished by the Anambra State Government in the overriding public interest.

“This house represents the life pension and gratuity of my wife as a retired federal civil servant. We did not illegally enter into this land. The Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA), duly approved the building plan.

“Today my wife’s health is in serious danger as a result of this action of government. I have tried repeatedly and consistently to see you or the governor on this issue but to no avail.

“I have been a friend to this government and have defended it when it mattered most. Why is government punishing me? Why this wickedness being meted to me and my family?

“Why does government want to kill my wife? Anambra State Government House and Lodge should not be built with the blood of my wife. Please somebody should talk to us.”

It was however learnt that the state government demolished the building because it was within the area the government is currently building the Anambra State Government House/ Governor’s Lodge, near the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka.

The area will serve as the state’s Three Arms Zone because it contains the headquarters of the three Arms of Government – Judiciary Complex, the Legislative building and the Executive made up of the Government House/Governor’s Lodge.

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