Mixed reactions trail Onyema’s claim of not securing land for MRO in Southeast

By Cyprian Ebele, Onitsh

Mixed reactions have reportedly trailed the claim of Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, that he was not able  to secure land in Enugu and Anambra states, Southeast zone, for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, (MRO) of airplanes which forced him  to establish MRO facility in lagos.

Onyema in defence said that because of difficulties in security the land, accused Igbo people of not making land available for construction of his multi million dollars MOR facility in either Enugu or Anambra states. 

In a swift reaction when contacted, the National President of Heavy Duty Truck Drivers Association of Nigeria,  Uche Rogers Nebuwa, disagreed with the claim of Onyema saying that Onyema met the wrong people for land allocation for MRO facility.

 “Onyema is not serious, he met the wrong people, we have more than 500 acres of land to give him at a very cheap rate in Anambra and by extension Southeast zone.

“Onyema did not get to the right people for the land, if he is serious there is land at Urum and other places, in Igbo land. We need development as Igbo people. We are even looking for investors to come.

“Igbos are very hospital to investors, let Onyema come down to the east, we have enough land for him and nobody is refusing giving him land, he only wants to invest in Lagos, there is need for “akuluo Uno,” he stated.

Reacting, the President General, Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, Humphrey Anuna, admitted the position of Onyema stating that Igbos do not assist their brothers.

 “Since his brothers did not give him land to invest, whoever that gives him outside Igbo land should not be blamed, Igbos are tough people, they are the architect of their own problems. Only God’s intervention will save the situation,” he stated.

Also reacting, the chairman New market road/Sokoto Road Traders Association,, near Onitsha Main market,  Emeka Mbachu, said, “We Igbos made a big mistake because this is the kind of development that if opened in the Southeast, will bring development to the land and assist to create employment for unemployed youths.

He urged all the Igbo leaders to be wise enough in order not to lose such an opportunity again as it is a welcome development to Anambrarians and by extension , Southeast zone as employment comes with development.

The Chairman of Air Peace airline, Allen Onyema, has accused Ndigbo of being resistance to development of their territory, in the south east.