Sponsored Landguards Terrorizing Residents on Appolonia Land

Members of the Castlegate Land Buyers Association of Appolonia, are up in arms with the Ghana Police Service for doing little to prevent deadly attacks on their members by some landguards in the area believed to be sponsored by one Divine Abladey Dortey (owner of ETODAD Company Limited)

They alleged that Mr. Divine Abladey Dortey orchestrated the attacks by releasing his thugs to maim many land owners and their workers working on their legitimately acquired lands.

On Friday, August 8, 2023, some construction workers were brutally attacked by these thugs, while working on a piece of land at the Appolonia area. The attack led to head and other bodily injuries to these unarmed individuals working to earn their living.

The victims swiftly reported the incident to the Katamanso Police under the Ashaiman New York Division. However, though the perpetrators were well known to the police, they have refused to initiate any arrest on these miscreants.

A member of the Association, Mr. Afa Ababio told ghananewsonline.com.gh in an interview that members of the association have completely lost faith in the Police in the area for their “underhand dealings” and attitude towards various issues of the association brought to their attention.

“…for the Police in this area, we don’t have any trust in them again,” Ababio insisted.

He said the members of the Association after a search of the land title holder at the Lands Commission, confirmed one Nii Mansro, who sold the land to them, as the rightful owner of the Appolonia land. He noted however that, after some court judgment redirecting the possession of the land to the Appolonia stool, the current chief, Nii Amoebi and Divine Abladey started writing notice of possession on all walls and buildings on the Appolonia land.

The retiree intimated that no resident of the area was served with any court document before notice of ‘Possession by Court” was embossed on their buildings without recourse to proper procedure and law.

“…the new chief, we don’t know him and have never seen him, and you just unleash Land-guards on us staying on the land. We are calling on the government to do something about the happenings, so as to avert any bloody clash sometime soon” he served notice.

Ghananewsonline.com.gh can confirm that, a petition by the Members of the Association addressed to the Tema Regional Police Commander indicates that the Tema Regional Command has been duly informed of the ill-treatment meted out to innocent individuals on the Appolonia land, and though the Command ordered the arrest of the leader of the landguards – Felix Abladey, no arrest have been affected till date.

The group has served notice of a mammoth demonstration, should government and other stakeholders continue to turn deaf ears to their plights.

Meanwhile, in a phone conversation with the Police Investigator on the case, Madam Comfort Dompreh, she insisted that, investigations are on-going and that a police report will be made available to the media upon request. She however declined to comment further.

Source: ghananewsonline.com.gh