Fresh Fears over Ekwueme’s Home as Construction Company Vacates Erosion Site

There are fresh fears for the safety of the homes of some residents of Oko community in Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State, including the home of the former Nigerian Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme.

This is because Rhino Construction Services, the company handling the gully erosion project at Nanka and Oko communities where large portion of land has been washed away by erosion, has decided to pull out of the project.

THISDAY gathered that the ancestral home of the former vice president which has been on the danger list for two years has finally been chopped off by the gully erosion as a result of the rains, and may cave in anytime.

THISDAY learnt that residents of both Oko and Nanka communities have decried their fate as the company sets to pull out of the site.
A staff of Rhino Construction Services, who spoke to THISDAY on condition of anonymity, said the company was moving out after the completion of the first phase of the job to tame the erosion and has waited for over a year for the commencement of the second phase of the job.

THISDAY, September 6, 2017

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