Communities which own the land on which Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASCO) is built say the firm cannot take off unless their angry ancestor, egbunu akoko”, is pacified. The community leaders of Geregu and Ajaokuta, the host communities in Kogi, expressed the view in interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The Chairman, Geregu Community Association, Alhaji Idris Aliyu, attributed the non-completion of ASCO project to mystical forces arising from the neglect of the communities. Aliyu said the ancestors were not happy over the level of neglect of the communities by the Federal Government and the operators of ASCO. “It is not the communities that are preventing the work from being completed, it is the ancestors.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2018 14:15 UTC