By Mimi Chiadikobi
An Orphan, Miss Victoria Mbachu, aged 24 has cried out to the Anambra State Government to assist her retrieve her inherited ancestral land from an alleged land grabber.
She made the appeal during a visit to the office of the state commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, in Awka.
Mbachu, who is a single mother of 4 children said that she was lured by her then boyfriend, Mr Oluwafemi Salako (alias Claude Gounou Aloukou) to
fled her ancestral home
In the year 2021 to Ogun state.
Mbachu lost her father, Mr Ifeanyi when she was 7 years old as well as her mother and siblings.which made her to have full responsibility of their land and other properties.
She had reported to the State Ministry of Women Affairs that sometimes in September 2020, that her boyfriend, Mr Oluwafemi Salako( alias Claude Gounou Aloukou) introduced her to one man from her Nnobi town, Chief Peter Chijioke Okaa, who is currently building a two storey in her inherited ancestral home claiming to have purchased it from her.
As a result, the lady and her children were left homeless and under the shelter of NAPTIP Anambra state command shelter since November 2, 2023 when they were rescued by the agency from Ogun state where she was allegedly lured to by her same boyfriend whose case is currently pending in a court
According to her, The National Agency for Prohibition on Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP) in Anambra rescued her and her children from Ogun state, and, returned them to Anambra state.
She disclosed that,herself and her children on recommendstion of NAPTIP had remained under the custody of a home ran by a Catholic Rev. Sister at Ogbaru community since November 2, 2023 because someone had taken over her father’s home.
She appealed to the state government through Commissioner for Women Affairs, children and Social Welfare, Obinabo to assist recover her home from the alleged land grabber.
“Already a two-storey building is being constructe on my inherited ancestral land in my family compound at Umuona village, Ebenesi, Nnobi community in Idemili-south LGA of Anambra state by someone (name withheld) who is laying claims that he purchased the land.
Responding to Mbachu who visited her with her four children (a boy and three females) in her ministry’s office at Prof Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre Obianbo assured Mbachu that her Ministry would make sure that she got justice on her land.
Obianabo said that it has been learnt that the Anambra state command of the NAPTIP is currently investigating the allegations of trafficking of Mbachu and her four children to Ogun state enroute Benin Republic before the agency rescued them and brought them back to Anambra state.
The NAPTIP boss in Anambra State, Judith Onyinye Chukwu, Ibadin described the whole scenario as shocking and unbelievable, but assured that the public would well informed once they come up with concrete facts about the story.
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