The Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network of Nigeria (GNPN) Delta State Council, has faulted the news report indicting a popular realtor, real estate guru per excellence, businessman from Ibusa,and Chairman of Hen-Ric Empire’s Garden Limited, Chief Lucky Abuah as a gun-runner, cultist and a land grabber.
A body, known as Oodua Integrity Group, had in a report credited to its South – South Coordinator, one Tosin Olaluwa, accused Chief Abuah, popularly known as Bullet Empire of gun- running, cultistism and land grabbing in Asaba and Ibusa.
The group also accused Chief Abuah, a respected realtor and real estate operator from Ibusa of being deeply involved in stockpiling dangerous weapons, including AK-47 in Asaba and Ibusa.
But, reacting to the report, the Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network of Nigeria (GNPN) Delta Council, in a statement signed by the Secretary Comrade Precious Eurgo and made available to journalists in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Tuesday 28th April,2025, declared that the report was misleading and aimed at destroying and tarnishing the good image of the Chairman of Hen-Ric Empire’s Garden Limited, Chief Lucky Abuah.
The Network said “Hen-Ric Empire’s Garden Limited, is a real estate firm, marketing, investment, and development company situated in Asaba, Delta State Nigeria. They are duly registered under the Corporate Affairs Commission with Reg. No: 1874198.
“Hen-Ric Empire’s Garden Limited, operating with a high level of dignity, integrity, and efficiency in all their services and their services cut across property marketing, property investing, property consulting, and property development.
“Chief Abuah is a legitimate member of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. He is never a member of any cult group but does his businesses legally with integrity.
“Due to the insecurity plaguing the nation, Delta State inclusive, he applied for Police protection which was duly granted. All their properties are legally documented, thereby free from government acquisition, land grabbers’ troublemakers, or any sort of encumbrances.
“Chief Lucky Abuah, the Chairman of Hen-Ric Empire’s Garden Limited is not a gun-runner, cultist or land grabber, but one of Nigeria’s reputable real estate mogul and realtor who carries out his legitimate work of real estate in accordance with the extant laws guiding the sector. He has never been found wanting or posed any security threat to either his community or its environs.
“The investigation carried out by the Oodua Integrity Group was done to create disaffection, tarnish the image of Chief Lucky Abuah because the source(s) of their information is/are questionable.
“How on earth would an individual or group that assume to be from South-South zone of Nigeria claim to have interrogated certain people in the community about the activities of Chief Abuah without interfacing with the Community Newspaper Journalists and Publishers who are well grounded in Community reportage?
“The assertion that Chief Lucky Abuah has been posing serious security threat to his community and walking freely is a baseless and misleading statement.
“The reporter should not usurp the work of the security agents who have nothing incriminating against Chief Lucky Abuah as he does his business as a reputable real estate mogul and realtor carrying out his legitimate real estate business in accordance with the law of Nigeria.
“We call on the general public and the security agents to disregard the misleading information of Oodua Integrity Group through Liberty TV media, which accused Chief Abuah of orchestrating criminal activities with the aid of dubious police officers and also exploiting government security agents to perpetuate crimes in Ibusa and its environs.
“It is a known fact that Liberty TV and other media houses were paid to air wrong information about Chief Lucky Abuah just to defame his personality because of his rising popularity among his peers. Chief Abuah is a well known philanthropist who has touched the lives of many in Ibusa, Asaba and the environs.
“It is also laughable for Oodua Group to say that 10 Mobile Police officers are attached to Chief Abuah. Even the Delta State Police Commissioner does not have such number of police officers attached to him.
“The incident being purported on the publication that security agents from an agency in Abuja, acting on intelligence, were prevented from arresting Chief Abuah by his police escorts. This is not true and highly misleading. Besides, the writer would have stated the correct security agency that came from Abuja that acted on intelligence.
“Chief Abuah poses no threat to anybody or community because he was recently honoured by the Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network of Nigeria (GNPN) Delta State Council, in a conference held in Asaba for his philanthropy and community development initiatives over the years.
“Will Oodua Group tell the Delta story more than Community Newspaper Publishers who reside with the people?
“The reason why the Nigerian Police Force has yet to respond to such misleading report is that Chief Abuah is well known to them and it will amount to miscarriage of justice should the police act on such negative report on an innocent Nigerian”.
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