Nigeria, May 9 -- The Nigerian Army has spoken on an allegation that it is threatening to confiscate an apartment reportedly belonging to a resident of Enugu State, south-east Nigeria.

A human rights group, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network, had petitioned Minister of Defence Muhammed Badaru, accusing authorities of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army of threatening to forcefully and unlawfully take over the apartment belonging to the resident, Ogbodo Nana.

The Enugu State Government was said to have issued a certificate of occupancy for the property to Mr Nana, a lawyer.

The property is located close to the Army Division's Headquarters in Enugu.

The group, in the petition, claimed that the Division's authorities had p...