Nnewi –Â There seems to be no end in sight in the face-off between the Anambra State government and the Diocese on the Niger Onitsha Anglican Communion over an alleged seizure of Bishop Crowther Memorial Primary School, Onitsha.
Anglicans on Sunday, in solidarity with their priests, who went to Awka to protest against the government action, trouped out in large numbers to conduct church service with original members of the disputed church near the disputed land in the presence of security operatives and insisted that the land belongs to them.
Rev. Jonah Onwuzurigbo and the parish priest, Rev. Ifeanyichukwu Azubuike, were enraged by the government action, insisting that they would not relent in agitation for their land and school to be given back to them.
They also condemned the closure of their church, describing it as a sacrilege.
Nnamdi Ibegbu, the chancellor of Anglican diocese of the Niger Onitsha, told Daily independent that the land in dispute belongs to the diocese as they are in possession of necessary documents.
Former Governor of the state, Peter, Obi who said that the school belongs to the Anglican church, wondered why the present administration is meddling on the land.
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Anambra Govt, Anglican Church Disagree Over School Seizure, Church Closure
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