The Cross River government has withdrawn 32 hectares of disputed cocoa plots earlier ceded to Chief Ogar Assam family at Abonita Government Cocoa Plantation in Etung LGA of the state, saying it was ceded in error.
The withdrawal was made in a letter signed by the director, Agric Services, Mr Henry Ogar, dated January 17, 2024 sighted by LEADERSHIP Sunday in Calabar.
The letter stated that the state government was misguided and misinformed about the disputed cocoa plots which was earlier ceded to the Ogar Assam family saying that facts later emerged that 32 hectares of cocoa plots is a property of the state government.
“The decision is consequent upon the misguided facts during information gathering in some of the documental evidence provided by Mac Prince Mbu Leku.
“The desire to withdraw the ceded blocks also stemmed from the presentation of facts by community landlords in a meeting on December 12, 2023, with intention of the Attorney General of Cross River State to amicably resolve the impasse in suit No. HE/18/2022,” he stated.
The affected blocks are 7A77, 7B77,7C77, 8B77, 8C77 totaling 32 hectares of land.
