Nigerian hotelier, Malachy Chukwu, died as he committed suicide after his hotel had been demolished by suspected youths of Ifite-Nteje community in Oyi

Chukwu took his life after discovering that his lodge had been demolished by suspected youths of Ifite-Nteje group in Oyi Native Authorities Space of the state .

Following the demolition and suicide, members of the Divine Heaven Amalgamated Landlords Affiliation, Ifite-Nteje in Oyi LGA on Saturday protested in opposition to the destruction of their property by suspected youths of the group.

The protesters, comprising women and men, stated a number of buildings, together with the lodge positioned on the Chinua Achebe Airport Highway Ifite-Nteje, price billions have been allegedly destroyed by a gaggle parading themselves as the manager members of Ifite-Nteje Growth Union.

Chairman of the affiliation, Chief Patrick Maduegbuna, appealed for Governor Charles Soludo’s intervention to keep away from complete breakdown of regulation and order.

“The transaction befell in 2019 and the affiliation began creating the place after fee. However hastily, they began demolishing our property. They’re saying the land deal had been revoked. They demolished homes, lodge and different buildings nearing completion.

“We known as them to know what was the matter, they stated we didn’t purchase the land appropriately, that we should always purchase it once more and add cash.

“We selected to protest quite than taking the regulation into our personal fingers. There are greater than seven estates there. All we would like is to have our property again,” he acknowledged.

The affiliation’s Secretary, Mr Nwako Maduka, stated the landlords paid all of the required dues and the paperwork have been signed by the identical folks allegedly making an attempt to revoke the land genuinely offered to them.

Chairman, Ifite-Nteje land administration committee, Chief Ikechukwu Erikeife, stated some younger males who offered their plots have been making efforts to promote the identical land for the second time, noting that land grabbing to become profitable in any respect price was the supply of confusion in Ifite-Nteje.

He stated that the parcels of land have been acquired by the builders by means of the fitting supply, promising to look into the state of affairs because the protesters couldn’t afford to purchase the land for the second time.

However Secretary of ifite-Nteje land administration committee, Mr Ngoesina Okechukwu, described these behind the allegations as meddlesome interlopers, saying Ifite-Nteje group has a approach of hoisting management in a standard approach.

Okechukwu, a lawyer, stated the property builders adopted the due course of within the acquisition of the land from Ifite-Nteje.

He stated: “I used to be in Abuja and heard in regards to the protest organised by the opposition, who have been claiming to be government members of Ifite-Nteje Growth Union.

“The identical group was stated to have claimed that they had abolished the Ifite-Nteje land administration committee and revoked the land offered to the landlords affiliation.

“The Ifite-Nteje land administration committee is a physique constituted by the group with energy of lawyer which might sue and be sued.

“The courtroom had taken judicial discover of the land committee as consultant of Ifite-Nteje in so many circumstances, securing judgement for your entire Nteje group,” he defined.

It was gathered that about 70 associations acquired the huge land occupying strategic place alongside the airport highway with a lot of the buildings destroyed at numerous levels of completion.