Government College Umuahia, one of the most reverred academic institutions in Africa; a school noted and known for its academic excellence, a school that produced legend like Chinua Achebe, Christopher Okigbo, Ben Enweonwu and more contemporary litrary geniuses like Chris Dahi, has been sadly in the news recently but not for that it has always been known for.
In the process of reconstructing the school so as to bring it back to its glory and pit in challenge to other great institutions of the world, the old boys of this great college discovered with shock that some land grabbers have encroached into the school land and started building. Even a church was one of these miscreants.
The Old Boys as is expected of them instantly constituted a committee charged with the immediate recovery of the stolen school land.
The committee therefore sent out the publication stating that the
Old Boys Association of Government College, Umuahia, Abia State, has warned Nigerian to beware of people offering them land belonging to the school, which is not for sale.
In a “Caveat Emptor (Buyers Beware) signed by Okwesilieze Nwodo, chairman, Board of Trustees, Fisher Educational Development Trust and Chianakwalam, signatory/holder of C of O on behalf of the old boys of Government College, Umuahia, Fisher Educational Development Trust, the association seriously warned these unscrupulous people encroaching on its land to KEEP OFF.
The Caveat Emptor stated: “The entirety of the land demised within the Survey Plan UMA/AB 1341 with its indicated Coordinates as conveyed in the Certificate of Occupancy number 10, page 10, Volume 122 of January 1, 2015, in Abia State Lands Registry belongs to Government College, Umuahia, Abia State.
“The referenced Certificate of Occupancy grants Governments College, Umuahia 99 years lease commencing from January 1, 2015, for the sole purposes of academic and educational development.
“The public is warned by the Caveat Emptor that Government College, Umuahia has not approved the sale or alienation of any part of its land.”and has no intention of ever, doing so. Therefore, (corporate or individual) selling or buying land within the confines of the land owned by Government College, Umuahia and protected by the applicable valid documents cited above does so at their own risk.”
It is a wonderful turn of events as there is now a brand new government in Abia state that is hell bent on recovering every stolen government property. This land case of GCU is now on their table, and the old and new students expect auspicious and speedy response to this matter from this new No nonesense government of Abia state.
We thank God for this
