Seven declared missing in Anambra land dispute.

Seven declared missing in Anambra land dispute.

Seven people have been declared missing in the Ihiala community of Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State, following a land dispute between the family of Martins Okolie of Umuezehi and Edwin Obi, the owner of Edison Motors.

In a petition signed by the Okolie family against Chief Edwin Obi and sent to the Anambra State Police Command—made available to journalists in Awka on Monday—the family accused the transporter of being responsible for the disappearance of their kinsmen over the land dispute.

According to the petition, the community has been living in fear due to a series of abductions and kidnappings, with no fewer than five persons allegedly taken from their homes by yet-to-be-identified persons.

However, in a swift turn of events, the family further accused Obi of using men from the Anambra State Police Command, purportedly from the IGP Monitoring Squad, to abduct some members of the community while also intimidating and harassing others, including their patriarch, Martins Okolie, the most senior member of the Umuezehi clan.