Justice K. I. Okpe of the Enugu State High Court has adjourned to February 22, 2023, the land case between the former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, and the Amechi community in Enugu State.
Okpe adjourned the matter at the instance of counsel to Nwobodo, Mr. B.C Nwobodo, to allow him amend his processes before the court.
But counsel to the Amechi community, Prof. Ilochi Okafor, opposed the amendment being sought, stressing that he had been making the same application since two years when the matter began.
Ilochi, a former Vice Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, told the court that in spite of the matter being in court, the plaintiff had sold five plots from the land, valued at N132,500,000.
He said the plaintiff claimed that he owned the land in dispute, pleaded the court to proceed with the matter due to its urgency.
“My Lord, my learned counsel is deploying a delay tactic while land is being sold. I am pleading for a short adjournment date to enable us continue hearing,” he said
Nwobodo, who recalled that he had allowed the defendant to amend his processes, said: “My Lord, on the Oct. 20, they moved for amendment and I never opposed it.
The judge, however, said he would allow Nwobodo 14 days to file his amended processes.
He, therefore, adjourned the matter to February 22 and March 14, 2023, for hearing.
-Media Report