Ghanaian Times

The lead story of the Ghanaian Times with the heading 'Robbers' queen surrenders'

says the female live wire behind two recent Ashanti region armed robbery cases, Akosua Serwah, has surrendered the police.

The paper says Serwah, who is 50 and operates a popular chop bar, "Abotare Ye", reported herself to the Police Buffalo Unit of Kumasi at 2 p.m. on Monday July 26.

Serwah is alleged to have released a KIA Pick-up, AS 7418 P and Opel Pick-up AS 9398 E to the robbers for their operations.

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Yaw Adu Gyimah, Ashanti Regional Commander is reported by the Times as saying the fate of Serwah, as to whether she would be taken to Accra or not for further interrogation would be decided by the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC).

The Times report recalls an earlier swoop by the REGSEC in which six of the gangsters were nabbed.

National Land policy launched

In another front page story the Times reports that a national land policy to address problems associated with land management was launched on July 27 in Accra with concerns being raised by President Jerry John Rawlings over the large volume of land legislations.

The paper quotes President Rawlings, in a message read on his behalf, as saying there are overlaps and conflicts in the administration leading to land acquisition.

President Rawlings, according to the Times, called for the encouragement and strengthening of existing departments and agencies such as metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies to vigorously exercise their responsibilities to instil order in land matters, adding that copies of the document should be given to chiefs, MP?s assembly members, Ministers and investors among other opinion leaders.

President Rawlings praised the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the Second on his speedy resolution of out of court cases involving Kumasi Divisional chiefs and asked other traditional leaders to follow suit.

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