Protest in Ekiti over Fayose’s Airport project
Land owners and farmers displaced by the airport
project in Ekiti State yesterday protested against what they called “illegal
acquisition of their farmlands and unlawful destruction of economic trees and
crops”.
They claimed that 10 farmers, including three women,
have died of shock from what they called “huge economic loss”, resulting from
the destruction of their farms.
Governor Ayo Fayose |
The farmers, from Igbemo, Igbogun, Aso, Iwajo and
Ijan spanning three local governments -Ado, Gbonyin and
Irepodun/Ifelodun-, urged Governor Ayo
Fayose to stop work on the project because of the suit they had filed in court.
They described the acquisition of their land as
“fraudulent, wicked, callous and illegal”, alleging that government surveyors
and other officials visit their land occasionally to steal their produce,
including cocoa, cocoyam, yam and banana.
The placard-carrying protesters claimed that they
did not receive any valid notice before government bulldozers moved in to
destroy their farms.
The Nation
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