Outrage at Urum Over 1000 Plots Ochiokwa Land, as Community Issues Caveat Emptor

 

Outrage at Urum Over 1000 Plots Ochiokwa Land, as Community Issues Caveat Emptor

By Chukwudi Ebele 

There is tension in Urum Community, Awka-North local government area, Anambra State over the selling of over 1000 plots of land at Ochiokwa stable land Urum to a developer,Mr. Chukwuemeka Okechukwu Kingsley aka Nwagu Ata Ahihia for development of Heaven Estate without the knowledge of the community. 

The community described the purported selling of the Ochiokwa land to a developer without the knowledge of the President General of the community or the leadership of the Town Union as an affront to the leadership and people of Urum community.

The alleged  developer, Mr. Chukwuemeka Okechukwu Kingsley, aka Nwagu Ata Ahihia who owns Nwagu Ata Afiafia Property and Homes allegedly coveted over 1000 communal land at Ochiokwa boundary between Urum, Achalla and Amanuke allegedly without legal documents from the community town union. 

Already, Youths in the midst of elders and leadership of the community led by President General of Urum community, Hon Sir. Felix Godwin Oranye  besieged the Ochiokwa land in  question to warn the developer known as Nwagu Ata Ahihia to desist forthwith from entering amd developing the Ochiokwa land.

He said the Ochiokwa land is a communal land with bloods of their ancestors shed in the course of communal war with neighbouring communities claiming ownership of the land before Urum reclaimed it, hence it's not just any land but a sacred land nobody should toy with.

 

Urum Community warned in no condition should the Ministry of land , Anambra State government and its officers issue a certificate of occupancy , C of O or endorse any formal papers in respect of the said land to Nwagu Ata Ahihia or his cohorts. 

The Urum Community PG lamented that all efforts to ensure

peace reigned in the past one year was futile , adding that the farm land by Urum women and economic trees on the land worth several millions were destroyed by Nwagu Ata Ahihia and cohorts in the illegal development.

He wondered why the developer should be claiming their land allegedly with endorsements of their traditional ruler and Onowu without showing the community leadership the certifications but orally claiming ownership of Ochiokwa land even as everyone in Urum denied being accomplice to the land deal. The question now is who sold the land to Nwagu Ata Ahihia?

He was worried that after the intervention of Igwe Nnewi where Nwagu Ata Ahihia couldn't present any documents, he narrowly escaped being kidnapped after coming out from Igwe Orizu palace. 

But, in another development, Mr.

Chukwuemeka Okechukwu Kingsley

 aka Nwagu Ata Ahihia was seen in a video at the site in what appeared like mocking Urum community as wailers, calling on investors to come to Ochiokwa land and develop it as his mission was to bring in development and nothing else.  

He insists he is bringing in development to Urum, assuring other developers to come to Urum and develop as it's close to Awka and a few minutes drive from Regina Ceali junction Awka. 

He called on the general public to ignore the noise from Urum as nothing would stop him from bringing in development to the land," no matter the fight," "no matter the conspiracy," as they came to develop and not to cause trouble. 

He was marketing the Ochiokwa land for development as his own residence would be ready by February next year, urging Ndigbo to come and invest in the Heaven  Estate Awka .

Meanwhile, Urum Community has written a caveat emptor in the Vanguard Newspapers of February 12th ,2026 page 25 asking the general public to be aware of the fraudulent actions of Nwagu Ata Ahihia in their ancestral land at Ochiokwa. 

The caveat emptor public notice heading read thus: "FORMAL CAVEAT AND REQUEST TO SUSPEND ALL LAND FILE ACTIONS, REGISTRATION AND ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IN RESPECT OF OCHIOKWA LAND SITUATE AT URUM VILLAGE, AWKA, AWKA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE COVERED BY DISPUTE SURVEY PLAN NO: AYO/AN/3081/2025/151D SUBJECT MATTER OF SUIT NOS: A/324/2025 AND A/377/2025".

The Publication read further: "We are solicitors to the members of Urum Village, Awka in Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State, the plaintiffs in suit nos: A/324/2025 presently pending before the High Court of Anambra State, Awka Judicial Division. The defendants in the said suit no: A/324/2025 are Nwaguataihihia Properties and Homes Limited, Chukwuemeka Okechukwu Kingsley and Co while the plaintiffs in suit no: A/377/2025 are Mr. Ephraim Udozor, Nwaguataihihia Properties and Homes Limited & Ors and the defendants are the same members of our client.

"We hereby write to place the Ministry on strict notice that the parcels of land known as Ochiokwa land situate at Urum Village, Awka, Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State are already the subject matter of pending litigations referred to above. This letter, therefore, serves as a formal caveat and notice of lis pendens in respect of the said Ochiokwa Land.

"Our clients have been reliably informed that despite the full knowledge of the said pending suits by the defendants in respect of the said Ochiokwa Land wherein our clients as plaintiffs in the said Suit No: A/324/2025 have sought for declaration of title, perpetual injunction and damages for trespass against the defendants over the said land, the defendants have surreptitiously in malafide approached your ministry to initiate processes aimed at opening a land file for the said land, perfection of title to the said disputed land, registration of the said land and issuance of Certificate of Occupancy over the said land subject of litigation in their favour and in favour of their cronies. Such action is not only overreaching to the ongoing judicial proceedings in respect of the said land but also fraudulent and contemptuous to the Honourable Court.

"In effect, we strongly demand that the Ministry and its officers immediately suspend all actions on the said land file or any application for registration or issuance of certificate of occupancy in respect of the said land. The Ministry should desist from granting or processing any endorsement, registration, ratification, certification, issuance of consent or certificate of occupancy in respect of the said land pending the outcome of the said suits over the said land.

The caveat emptor concludes: "This serves as a formal caveat and demand that an official restriction be placed on the relevant land registry records and land files in respect of the said land pending the determination of the said suits".