SSS manhandles man over disputed land

From:Asaba

The Officer in-charge of operations in Delta State Security Service,SSS, Asaba, identified simply as  Mr. Chinedu was alleged to have used his position to manhanTdle one Mr. Maxwell Okonkwo Ezechie over a disputed land in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Fresh Angle can report.

The disputed land which  allegedly  belong to Ezechie’s family measuring 40 x 100 located at Akwaukwa area near Asaba International Airport was sold to one Mr. Paul Ezediuno  January 4, 2012 at the cost of four hundred thousand naira.

According to Maxwell Ezechie, while he was at home in Okpanam ,a neighbouring town to Asaba, he saw Mr. Chukwumerije who identified himself as  an SSS Officer ,claiming  that the land  sold to Paul Ezediuno  was sold to him by Mr. Diamond in 2007 and ever since, he has not been able to go to the parcel of land.

It was learnt that sequel to the controversy on the land both parties were invited to the SSS office for clarification.

On arrival, Ezechie was asked to tender documents related to the land which he did. But surprisingly, after tendering the document, the O/C Operations seeing that they were not making headway on their mission, forcefully seized  the photocopy and originals of the documents related to the land to enable his colleague ,Chukwumerije,reclaim the land in question.

Fresh Angle gathered that the  O/C operations quickly authorized his boys to torture Mr. Maxwell,thereby  leaving him with injuries on his body. Maxwell  explained: “During the manhandling, under gun point in the office of the O/C operations, I  was made to sign undertaken under duress to refund N400, 000 to Paul Ezediuno to enable the SSS Officer Chukwumerije forcefully reclaim the land”.

Speaking to Our Correspondent on the issue, Mr. Paul Ezediuno who said he lives  at No.7, Ezenei Street,Asaba,  stated that he bought the  land from Maxwell Ezechie with receipt and other documents issued to him.

According to him,  after much interrogation  at the SSS office, copies of the documents relating to the land were seized by men of the SSS.

He appealed to concerned Deltans and other right thinking people to come to his aid.

Mr. Stephen Dada Okolie Ezechie who is the father of Maxwell told Fresh Angle that the land belongs to  the Ezechie family and that there is court order on the land.

When contacted, the O/C operations, Mr. Chinedu,  said: “We never manhandled Maxwell Ezechie. The man  has been terrorizing the community. He must face the law because nobody is above the law”,

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