Taskforce to enforce court order restraining eviction of cocoa estate allottees

A taskforce known arsenic “Team Obey Court Order” has been inaugurated to safeguard the rights of cocoa farmers astatine the Government Cocoa Estate successful Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State.

The squad is expected to guarantee compliance with tribunal rulings that restrain the authorities authorities from evicting allottees from their cocoa farms wrong the estate.

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mba Ukweni, who inaugurated the taskforce, said its superior mandate is to enforce obedience to existing tribunal orders and reconstruct bid wrong the cocoa estate.

Ukweni, counsel to the allottees, said a tribunal had earlier granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the authorities authorities and its agents from evicting farmers from their legitimately allocated cocoa farms.

According to him, the authorities cannot lawfully region the farmers aft collecting funds from them to offset royalties owed to big cocoa-producing communities for astir 16 years.

He urged members of the taskforce to absorption connected sensitising farmers and stakeholders connected the request to respect the tribunal order.

Ukweni besides cautioned the squad to transportation retired its duties peacefully and debar immoderate signifier of violence.

“Your activities indispensable beryllium peaceful and orderly. Do not edifice to violence. Anyone disobeying the tribunal bid should beryllium reported to the due authorities,”...