By NewsBits
Justice K. I. Okpe of Enugu State High Court, on Friday, adjourned land case between the former Governor of old Anambra State, Sen. Jim Nwobodo, and Amechi community in Enugu State till February 22 for hearing.
Okpe adjourned the matter based on the request by the counsel to Nwobodo, Mr B.C. Nwobodo, to give him time to amend his processes before the court. Reacting to the application, counsel to the Amechi community, Prof. Ilochi Okafor, opposed the amendment, stressing that they had been making same application in the past two years when the matter began.
Prof Ilochi, who was the former Vice Chancellor, 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 totally N132, 500,000.
He said the plaintiff claimed that he owns the land in dispute and pleaded the court to proceed with the matter due to its urgency. He said: “My Lord, my learned counsel is deploying a delay tactics while land is being sold. I am pleading for a short date to enable us continue hearing.”
Counsel to Nwobodo, who recalled that he had allowed defendant to amend his processes earlier, 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.
