Land Grabbers Reportedly Led By Conel Eke Violently Invade And Destroy Properties Along Obiri-IKwere Airport Road, Port-Harcourt
– Property owners accused the Rivers State CP of conniving with the land grabbers.
Pandemonium erupted last weekend at the Victory Estate, along the Port Harcourt International Airport Road, following the invasion by armed men reportedly brought by the land grabbers.
The Land-grabbers reportedly attack the estate owners in Rivers State and violently destroy properties and inflicted serious injuries on the property owners.
This followed repeated invasions by alledged land grabbers identified as Col. Ogwumerum Eke, Lord C. Nwosu, Chief Mike (aka Edo 1), Chima Providence Dike, and others, who actually were disputants in the land matter.
Residents alleged that the group, in connivance with operatives of the Rivers State Police Command, are deliberately attempting to illegally seize over 4,000 plots of land, destroying fences, buildings, and assaulting property owners.
The Rivers police denied such and said they will always do everything necessary to restore peace and order in the state.
The invaders are said to parade a customary court judgment that awarded about 100 plots of land to them in Rumuagholu and not Rumuosi, which judgment has been executed since.
The true ownership and locations are confirmed by residents who said this is reiterated in the report of the Rivers State Surveyor General dated 11th June, 2025 marked RSS/129/T2/121 after a Geospatial analysis and overlay on the site plan marked as Exhibit A in the said Customary Court judgment.
The property owners are on the note that it no connection to Victory Estate but is being used to intimidate and dispossess lawful owners.
Eyewitnesses report that the attackers often arrive with suspected but armed cultists under police escort. They have struck at least five times in recent months.
The targeted land, locals say, is historically owned by the people, yet the alleged grabbers hail from a neighboring community.
Afraid of an escalation into violence, the Victory Estate community is calling on the Rivers State Government and the Inspector General of Police to urgently intervene and prevent what they fear to be “pending bloodbath.”
The land invaders on Sunday also locked up the Dunamis church during Church service and seized their phones.
A Real Estate Consultant representing 46 affected landowners, (name withheld) insisted that they must get justice for what the ‘Colonel’ has done.
“We are facing a serious issue involving land grabbers and criminals along Obiri Kwere Airport Road in Port-Harcourt.
Our lands and properties have been invaded by individuals led by Colonel Ogwumerum Eke, Lord C. Nwosu, Chima Providence Dike, Chief Mike Oyiakhira (aka Edo 1), and the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State.
We urge the general public to exercise caution and avoid any land purchases along Obiri-Ikwere Airport Road due to these illegal activities. We also call on the appropriate authorities to intervene in this situation to stop these criminals from further invading and destroying our properties.”
A Magistrate court sitting in Port-Harcourt is sitting in the case after the arrest of the land grabber in Rumuosi Ohia-Egbelu axis of Airport Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
The 56-year-old suspected land grabber Conel Eke Ogwumerum, and others at large are facing 21 count charges bothering on, including conspiracy, stealing, malicious damages of properties worth billions of naira, and breach of peace.
Dez Mayorz News gathered that the land he is trying to grab is over 5,000 plots of land located around Airport Road axis to Rumuekini axis.
Mr. Eke uses a court judgment he got years back around Rumuosi (Sars road) to grab lands that are far away from where he got the judgment, making it the fourth time he is using such to grab lands.
Some of the properties involved are owned by Salvation Ministry Church, Dunamis Church, Nigerian Society of Engineers, and Nigerian Pharmaceuticals Association, to mention but a few, which the community sold to them for over 15 years ago.
You may recall that over 200 landowners are victims of the current land-grabbing situation in Rumuosi Ohia-Egbelu axis of Airport Road in Rivers State.
Some individuals who spoke to our correspondent said they are victims of the activities of the suspected land grabber, Ogwumerum Eke have narrated the violence they suffered in the hands of the alledged land invader.
They said they were beaten up and their property worth billions of naira destroyed.
While the case is still in court, one person was seen seriously injured while the house owners marched to the Government House in Port Harcourt to lodge fresh petition.
