Pastor Caleb Ajagba 


The Chief of Staff to Governor Alex Otti, Pastor Caleb Ajagba has debunked claims that the previous administration of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu acquired land for the proposed Abia Airport and a Certificate of Occupancy, CoO issued in respect of the land.


In an email to dailyledger.com.ng Ajagba States: "Regarding the issue of the former land acquired under the previous government, there is no evidence of acquisition of such land with the Ministry of Lands and Housing. The land in question was not acquired and have been built up. There are processes in land acquisition by government leading to payment of compensation and gazzetting of such but none of this was done"


He added that government has advised have advised anyone that claims he or she has land in the previous portion of land should take action to repossess their lands. "If they need any form of assistance,  government would come to their aid to give them the needed assistance", he reassured.


Ajagba further maintained that certain claims made by the Nsulu stakeholders and landowners is not consistent with what's on ground. 


He argued that some persons with no portion of land in the proposed site were working to frustrate the process of getting proper enumeration of the real land owners in a bid to make money from the project 


 "All the meetings we scheduled either with host communities or in my office these so called "village heads" did not attend. 


"Our investigation showed that as individuals they don't have any land in the proposed airport land and yet they want to make decisions for the real land owners. The truth is that we are in touch with the real land owners.


"They are just attention seekers who think that the airport project is one that they can exploit and make quick money for themselves and their sponsors, but we insisted on following the due process. In order to do this, we said we should cut the traces and do enumeration to know those who have land in the proposed site and they refused. 


"You will agree with me that by cutting the traces and delineating the land area involved we would create boundaries, which will ultimately reveal the real owners of the land. This is why they are trying their best to frustrate this transparent move by the government. They know that once this is done, it would be the game changer...


"The truth is that all the so called agitations are products of personal interests parading in the likeness of fighting for Nsulu people or the genuine landowners", he affirmed