Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- A former member of the House of Representatives, Ned Nwoko, has threatened to sue PREMIUM TIMES over an investigative story on his contoversial acquisition of 90 hectares of land for a private university in his hometown, Udumuje-Ugboko in Delta State.

The two-part story published last December exposed how Mr Nwoko, a member of the royal family in the town, dislodged poor farmers from the land.

It also revealed how he used security agents to intimidate members of the community who challenged his acquisition of the land from 2015.

The development later led to violence, kingship tussle and rights violations in the town, with some members of the community, led by his kins from the royal family, kicking against his deman...