Stakeholders in Abaji Area Council of the FCT have threatened to institute legal action against the Kogi State Government over boundary encroachment.
The stakeholders, rising from a meeting at the palace of the Ona of Abaji, Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, on Saturday, resolved to take legal action against the state government and Kogi LGA for taking over a mass land in Naharati community.
Speaking at the stakeholders meeting, the Abaji Chairman, Abubakar Umar Abdullahi, said that in June, 2022, he received an invitation letter to attend a boundary adjustment letter from the Kogi State Government.
He said, “I went to that meeting at the Kogi government house, which I thought was to commence, not knowing it was the conclusion. Instantly, I disagreed with their resolve to cede part of Abaji land to Koton Karfe, headquarters of Kogi LGA.”
Earlier, the Ona of Abaji, Alhaji Adamu, frowned at the manner in which some of his subjects accused him of ceding part of Naharati land to Koton Karfe.
He said it was on that premise he decided to summon the stakeholders in order to clarify issues relating to the lingering boundary dispute with Kogi LGA.
The ona then constituted an 11-member committee to institute the legal action against the state government.
The committee has Barrister Musa Kaka and Barrister Isah Hussaini as chairman and secretary respectively.
