Nigeria, April 21 -- Sani Zorro, a former member of the House of Representatives, has urged Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State to investigate a Chinese firm's alleged land grabbing.

Mr Zorro, who represented the Gumel/Maigatari/Sule Tankarkar/Gagarawa federal constituency of the state, alleged that the land allocated by the state government to the Chinese company for a sugar plantation, but the company plans to use it for another purpose.

He made the appeal at a citizens' engagement programme organised by the state government on Sunday at the Gagarawa Local Government Area.

Governor Namadi initiated the programme as a feedback mechanism for him and his officials to meet local communities and discuss their development challenges.

Mr ...