Traditional Ruler, Community Leaders Decry Plan to Demolish New Classroom Block in Abia
King Larry Ogbonnaya Agwu, the traditional ruler of Ajata-na-Igu Autonomous Community in Ikwuano Local Government Area (LGA), has strongly opposed plans to demolish a newly built four-classroom block at Umuigu Central School to make way for a proposed model classroom block by the Abia State Government. The announcement has sparked outrage among community leaders and residents, who view the move as unnecessary and potentially malicious. The controversy arose following reports of ongoing demolitions of dilapidated classrooms at the school, prompting King Larry to intervene. “If you demolish the whole classrooms in the school, including the newly built one, will our…
