The new road construction, which will link Hanuabada village and Waigani/Tokarara area, has been held off with the settlers and landowners (LOs) of Motu-Koitabu claiming that they were given a demolition notice instead of an eviction warning.
This morning, the Iduhu Motu-Koitabu and owners of Baruni village, who claim to be the rightful landowners, showed up at the area with the settlers and protested that the traditional land was grabbed through false claims by an Engan man (unnamed), who is married to a Hanuabada woman.
