Wrong Judgement Over Ajaokuta, Lokoja, and Koton Karfe Ownership Landed Justice Donatus Okorowa with Query. Ajaokuta Land is Not For Sales
Donatus Okorowa, the judge who granted the control of three local government areas (LGAs) in Kogi state to Idakwo Ameh Oboni, the Attah Igala, has been queried. Donatus Okorowa, the judge ASA Reporters understands that the chief judge of the federal high court queried Okorowa over the judgement delivered at a federal high court sitting in Lokoja. The disciplinary measure, it was gathered, followed a petition from Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, who was a party to the case. In the judgement delivered on June 2, 2020, Okorowa granted the attah Igala ownership of Ajaokuta, Lokoja and Koton Karfe LGAs. The judgment generated tension in the state, with indigenes of the affected LGAs insisting that they do not belong to Igala kingdom. While Ebira are the dominant ethnic group in Ajaokuta, the people of Oworo, Ebira, Nupe and Bassa are the main groups in Lokoja and Koton-Karfe. ...