The Edo State Government has reclaimed a road in Uteh Community, Upper Mission Extension of the Benin metropolis.

The land was illegally appropriated by the proprietor of Divine Providence School for a building project.

Residents of the community had in a viral video raised the alarm that the school proprietor was raising a fence to cut off the road for public use. 

Commissioner for Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development, Isoken Omo, who led the Ministry’s enforcement team to the site, said the government would not condone activities of land-grabbers in the state.