Aggrieved owners of a property on which the 215 megawatts power station is being constructed in the Kudenda area of Kaduna held the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, hostage on Saturday.
The minister who was on facility tour had gone to inspect the ongoing project located at the Kudenda, when he met the protesters.
As soon as he finished inspecting the project, some people blocked the main entrance to the power plant, forcing the minister and his entourage to disembark from their cars to address the protesters who were demanding for compensation for their land.
Spokesman of the protesters, Mr. Francis Nwodo, told the minister that the Kaduna State Government under the then governor and now Vice-President Namadi Sambo took over their land four years ago for the project without any alternative arrangement of relocating them.
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