Togbe Afede warns Alavanyo, Nkonya chiefs over violence

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• CHA 12 years ago

  Mahama must go

  Mahama must go

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• PRESIDENT MAHAMA 12 years ago

  Just before the Deputy Minister-designate was vetted, Chairman of the Appointments Committee Ebo Barton Odro appealed to members to ask just a few questions to enable the nominee to leave quickly.
  
  “Honourable members, as ...
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  Just before the Deputy Minister-designate was vetted, Chairman of the Appointments Committee Ebo Barton Odro appealed to members to ask just a few questions to enable the nominee to leave quickly.
  
  “Honourable members, as you can see, the Deputy Minister-designate is heavily-pregnant and should therefore not be made to sit here for long,” the chairman said.
  
  Answering a question posed by Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa as to how she would advise owners of pets, like cats and dogs, to take good care of them because such pets could be a ‘delicacy’ for some ethnic groups, Dr. Bissiw, in a composed manner, narrated her own experience.
  
  She said she had a beautiful cat as a pet but the cat ended up in someone’s soup because she did not take very good care of it.
  
  “Mr. Chairman as a young girl, I had a beautiful kitten as my cherished pet, but there were some young men in our house who sometimes took the pet and fed it till the kitten grew into a fat cat. But one day my cat was no where to be found, so I asked the young men in my house whether the cat had come to them and the answer was that if I could only split their stomachs open, I will find the cat there; meaning they had killed and eaten the cat,” she narrated.

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• insight to the bone 12 years ago

  this is a sorry ass pathetic propaganda piece of work with no hard evidence nor does it properly address the issues. even a primary school boy could do better given the resources the govt and ndc have at their disposal. the r ...
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  this is a sorry ass pathetic propaganda piece of work with no hard evidence nor does it properly address the issues. even a primary school boy could do better given the resources the govt and ndc have at their disposal. the rantings of a madman dont make a case no matter how loud he may shout . i will not go into the legal absurdities or poor interpretation of the forensics on this forum rather will just point out one glaring mistake instead of the word omissions he keeps insisting on commissions as he so power drunk from the commissions he receives from everybody be it the turkish gold lebanese , chinese , koreans , iranians or americans GE. this doc or afidavit of ndc is what will sink pepeni and his delay tactic specialist lawyers. muddling through using these buga buga style will not work this time . what a bunch of infantile fools

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• Peer 12 years ago

  Nkonya and Alavanyo should live in peace as they are neighbours.

  Nkonya and Alavanyo should live in peace as they are neighbours.

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• KK 12 years ago

  BRIEF HISTORY OF NKONYA/ALAVANYO CONFLICT
  The Nkonyas constitute part of the original Guan settlers of pre- colonial Ghana even before the advent of the Whiteman in 1482. The Nkonyas after several hectic sojourns through var ...
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  BRIEF HISTORY OF NKONYA/ALAVANYO CONFLICT
  The Nkonyas constitute part of the original Guan settlers of pre- colonial Ghana even before the advent of the Whiteman in 1482. The Nkonyas after several hectic sojourns through various areas, finally settled at the present area as the first ever people in the 13th century to be precise. No historical record is available to dispute the claim that the Nkonyas had long settled in the area where they are now found before the advent of Ewe migration from Notsie and the German colonial rule.
  The alavnyos, according to their own history were part of the Ewes who, not very long ago migrated from Notsie. In company of their other Ewe brethren, they were part of a small Ewe clan that fist settled at Saviefe near Ho.
  Reference: (1) THE EWE NATION AND SASADU- Brief History Pages 51-55
  Authored by Mr. Paul Kwame Dzator - a citizen of Alavanyo.
  Due to misunderstanding and internal quarrels, the Alavanyos moved further to settle at Akrofu and then Sovie. As more internal rifts occurred, the Alavanyos moved from Sovie to Kpando. At Kpando, the Alavanyos sought refuge with their brother-in-law, Togbe Tsatse Kwaku who, unable to provide them with any piece of land to settle on, directed them to his trusted friend Kondodze of Nkonya Akloba with the appeal for Kondodze to find a place of settlement for the Alavanyo people on the Nkonya land.
  After series of thorough and exhaustive consultations with the then Paramount Chief- Nana Okotor who reigned from 1793 to 1849 and his elders of Nkonya, an initial piece of land was allocated to the Alavanyos which they referred to as “LOGLLOTO”. But the indigenes, the Nkonyas refer to this piece of land as “LOKLUNBO” (dark mountains), presently owned and occupied by Nkonya Ahundwo.
  This area lies between the towns of Nkonya Akloba and Kpando Dafor in the vicinity of the Volta River. Togbe To, the leader of the Alavanyos and his people were disappointed at the place due to firstly, the proximity of the Volta river which deterred them and secondly, the vegetation held little appeal to them. An appeal was made to the Nkonyas by the Alavanyos requesting for a better place. The Nkonyas who are naturally generous responded and released a piece of land at ‘OTOYI’ which constitute part of the old farm lands of Nkonya Ntsumuru, Ahenkro and Asakyiri on which Alavano Kpeme, Wudidi, Agoxoe and Abehenease lie today.
  The “FANTEBI RIVER” still remains the boundary between the Alavanyos and the Gbis today.
  It was here that their leader Togbe To sitting on the ground looked up the sky and proclaimed “Mia nor fi kpo adabanyo”, translated literally means “let’s venture settling here, it might turn to be successful”. This name has over a long period of time been corrupted to sound “Alavanyo”.
  After the Alavanyos had settled for some time peacefully with the Nkonyas, as least expected, trouble over land began to surface.
  The Alavanyos had begun to claim the land towards the Gbi’s to the east and effectively succeeded in preventing the Nkonyas in gaining access to that parcel of land. As if that was not enough, they were soon to turn their attention on the Nkonya land to the west. Thus by the beginning of the 20th century, the Alavanyos had started to make serious encroachments in total disregard of the allodial title held by the Nkonyas whose primacy of settlement had never been disputed. This trend of affairs continued persistently.
  The two traditional areas of nkonya and alavanyo were territorially part of German colony of Togo. In 1905, ` under the German colonial rule; the alavanyos continued their willful trespasses again on to nkonya land and a riot ensued between nkonya and alavanyo settlers.
  In 1913, Dr. Grunner a German district administrator demarcated the boundaries for six nations state after he had personally gone to the land, surveyed it, with each paramount Chief indicating his land boundary.
  It is this documented boundaries that is contained in the famous Dr. Grunner plan of 1913 with the inscription “SECHSHERRENSTOCKES” meaning the land boundary of six nation states.
  (Bisher Kunjagebirgegenannt )meaning Nkonya mountains on account of Nkonya having the largest in the area as indicated below for the six states of ;
  NKONYA 50,505 Km Sq
  AKPAFU 29,526 Km Sq
  BOWIRI 22,792 Km Sq
  GBI 12,432 Km Sq
  ALAVANYO 12,173 Km Sq
  SANTROKOFI 10,619 Km Sq
  Dr. Grunner released a copy of this 1913 Plan to each of the head chiefs of the six states. The Nkonyas have a copy of this plan in their possession which the law courts up to the appeal court, (Which at that time was then the highest court in Ghana) have all accepted as the true plan, valid and authentic which the Alavanyos have without succes , sought to discredit and instead seek to imposed on the people of Nkonya arbitrary boundaries through the forces of arms, which has neither historical nor legal support.
  
  Soon after the Germans had departed this territory as a result of the First World War, that Alavanyos began their willful trespass onto Nkonya land again. This resulted into a conflict between that Nkonyas and the Alavanyos on Empire Day, 24th May 1923.
  In a later national development, in accordance with the forest ordinance , the then governor made an order in 1931 to take over Togoland plateau including lands of the six nations states as forest reserves. Subsequently, the area was accordingly constituted.
  In that same year, the representatives of the six nation states met at the Togo Plateau reserve settlement commission at Hohoe.
  Mr. Norton Jones, the then conservator of forest, who also surveyed all the boundaries, presided over the said commission, where representatives of the six nation states AGREED that the boundaries of their respective territories exactly coincided with those demarcated by Dr. Grunner in 1913. The Nkonyas are in possession of this map of TOGO (KUNJA) Plateau Reserve Plan of 1931.
  After the Togo plateau settlement had taken place, the Alavanyos, in flagrance violation persistently made repeated, further and wider encroachment into the legitimate Nkonya land.
  As the last people to settle in the said afore –mentioned area, and on Nkonya land and for that matter the Alavanyos used to present part of the game killed on the land to the head chief of Nkonya to acknowledge the sovereignty of Nkonyas to the land until around 1940.
  It was therefore, in 1940 and thereafter, when the issue of AMALGAMATION, as a policy of the then colonial government was to be established that the Alavanyos opted to join their brethren, the people of Kpando and so separated themselves from Nkonya.
  The last pouring of libation to this effect took place at Nkonya Ntsumuru kpodzi in 1940. One Sampede, the son Atakora III was the last to perform these services to this effect.
  Further encroachment onto Nkonya land by some farmers of Alavanyo continued and these culminated into series of conflicts, clashes, loss of lives and properties. The Nkonyas having observed that the loss of lives and destruction of properties was a negative tool to be employed to resolve such conflicts, had no alternative than to resort to court actions against those Alavanyo citizens who had trespassed onto Nkonya land in 1953.
  
  
  The people involved were:
  1. Kwasi Asigbetse From Kpeme
  2. Eugene Prekutse From Kpeme
  3. Kosihu From Kpeme
  4. Joseph Foli from Kpeme
  5. Korkor Sampede From Kpeme
  6. Aaron Tsiame Kuma From Kpeme
  
  JUDGEMENTS
  APPENDIX A
  I
  In 1953, the Nkonyas instituted legal summons against the Alavanyos at the Akpini Native court “B” Kpando. The case, Law suit NO. Tr. L 19/53 was later transferred to the land division of the high court in Accra under Justice Van Lare. The case was to determine and declare the true boundaries of Nkonya and Alavanyo.On 24th May 1957, judgment was given in favor of the Nkonyas.
  
  APPENDIX B
  2
  Soon afterwards, the Alavanyos appealed to the court of appeal. On 8th June 1959, Civil Appeal Court No. 12/59 chaired by Granville Sharp with two other justices, C.S. Akolatse and H.O. Smith, the court of appeal dismissed the Alavanyo appeal and HELD that the 1913 Grunner plan formed the boundary between the Nkonya and Alavanyos.
  
  APPENDIX C
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  Again, The Alavanyos refused to accept the Appeal Court Judgment of 1959. In 1961, the Nkonyas had no alternative than to institute another legal action in the HO High Court, this time against the individual citizens of alavanyo who happened to have trespassed into the Nkonya side of the undisputed 1913 Grunner boundary. During the court proceeding, two events occurred :-
  
  a). The court gave an interim injunction in 1966 restraining both parties from entering the disputed land “Till the final determination of the suite”
  
  b). The court ordered a surveyor, Mr. Henry Hagan, to demarcate the Nkonya /Alavanyo boundaries based on the Dr. Grunner 1913 Plan Map. This was done and pillars were accordingly re-erected at points where the Alavanyos had willfully obliterated the 1913 pillars.
  
  On December 11th 1970, Justice Francois again gave judgment in favour of the Nkonyas .The Court also granted Alavanyos a grace period of one month to enable them atone tenancy to the Nkonyas if they did not want to be dispossessed. The Alavanyos flouted Suit No. L 28 35/61.
  
  In any case, after the final determination of the suit in December 1970, the Nkonyas naturally entered their land and begun to re-farm on it. The Alavanyos again appealed against the justice Francois‘s judgment of December 1970 at the Court of Appeal. In addition, the Alavanyos brought another action to the HO high court against the Nkonyas that they have allegedly flouted the order of interring injunctions in 1966.
  
  The Ho High Court dismissed the injunction on the grounds that there was NO subsisting injunction and in the circumstance the Nkonyas could not be held to be in breach of a non-existent order .the Appeal was also dismissed on 4th December 1975 by the court of Appeal, Accra. The trial judges were Justices J.A. Amisah (presiding), J.A. Kinsley Nyinah and J.A. Anan. Civil Appeal No.112 /1974.
  
  This was reported in 1976 in Ghana law report pages 194-203.
  
  SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE JUDGMENTS
  1959 APPEAL BY THE ALAVANYOS.
  
  1. 8TH June 1959. CIVIL APPEAL COURT No. 12/59 STATES
  Having found as a fact and as we pointed out ,there is ample evidence to support the finding that it was the 1913 plan which the defendant (Alavanyos) agreed to in the 1931 enquiry as forming the boundaries in question . We agreed with the learned trail judge that the defendants are estopped “Per Rem Judicatam” by the judgment and the enquiry from raising again the question of their boundaries.
  By Granville Sharp. - Justice of Appeal.
  
  2. 12th DECEMBER, 1970- HIGH COURT JUDGMENT BY JUSTICE FRANCOIS PAGE 5 PARRAGRAPH 4 LINES 1-4 STATES
  
  a) “The impression one is left with is a strenuous bid by the defendants, the Alavanyos to discredit once more the Grunner Plan of 1913. “I regret, this third throw of the dice cannot yield the desired bonanza”.
  
  The same December 12th 1970 judgment by Justice Francois (page 10 paragraph 3 line 8) also state that;
  b. “I must emphasize that this is the third judgment the defendants, the Alavanyos have lost; they have accordingly the last opportunity of showing their willingness to abide by the decisions of the courts of this land and acknowledge the boundary between them and the plaintiff”.
  “ The courts are established to resolve conflicting interest in any society.
  They are legally constituted and are above self or individual interest. If people fail to accept, recognize and respect the judgments of the courts based upon concrete and truthful evidence, bloody clashes as this nature of Alavanyo and Nkonya are bound to be a constant feature of our lives”.
  
  After the December 4, 1975 judgment, Mr. Joseph Foli and others of Alavanyo who appealed against the judgment of 1970, and also instituted an action against the Nkonyas for flouting the interim injunction of 1966, approached the Nkonyas, apparently to atone tenancy. The Nkonyas requested them to submit in writing the names of all Alavanyos farming on Nkonya land. The Alavanyos complied to this request by submitting names of seven farmers who had trespassed into Nkonya land, in a letter signed by Joseph Foli and Eugene Prikutse, dated 14th January, 1976. This letter was addressed to Nana Agyattah IV Chief of Nkonya Tayi and his secretary Peter Akuffu.
  
  APPENDIX D
  
  Names of the farmers were as follows;
  1. Joseph Foli
  2. Kwasi Asigbetse
  3. Winfred Donya
  4. Eugene Prikutse
  5. Aaron Foli and
  6. Korkor Sampede
  Subsequently, each of this Alavanyos whose names were submitted atoned tenancy in the traditional manner and were therefore left free to farm on Nkonya land.
  
  Then in 1980, the Alavanyos decided once again to re-litigate the mater which they took to the Stool Lands Boundaries Commission chaired by Mr. Justice Amorin in Accra. The Commission gave judgment against the Alavanyos but ordered that the boundaries be re-demarcated- 25th January, 1980. Enquiry No. 7/1979.
  The Nkonyas felt dissatisfied with the commission’s re-demacation order and therefore instituted action at the High Court Accra to have that order quashed. Justice (Mrs.) Cecilia Koranteng Addo qashed the stool lands boundary settlement commission’s order for re-demarcation on 2nd December, 1980.
  Miscellaneous matter No. 91/1980
  
  This last judgment effectively ended the protracted legal tussle over land between the two states of Nkonya and Alavanyo. So far as the Nkonyas are concerned, and in view of the above legal developments, there is NO LAND DISPUTE or BOUNDARY DISPUTE between the Nkonyas and the Alavanyos.
  However, the Nkonyas were surprised when in April, 1983; youth from Nkonya Ntsumuru who went to fetch water from a common source referred to as “Denana” near Alavanyo Kpeme were attacked after a quarrel ensued between a woman from Alavanyo Kpeme and a young man from Nkonya Ntsumuru. The land on which this stream “Dzenana” is situated is even nowhere near the so called disputed land in question.
  Meanwhile and unknown to the Nkonyas, the Alavanyos had mobilized their youth in the nearby bush in readiness for a fight. Before news of the fight reached the Nkonyas, the the Alavanyos had already moved into “Kpeitor” land which belongs to the people of Nkonya Tayi and mercilessly killed innocent and defenseless Nkonya citizens, including some who were of Ashanti and Akwamu origin who were granted tenancy by Nkonyas to farm on Nkonya land. The Nkonyas had no alternative than to defend themselves.
  War therefore broke out between the two sides leading to further loss of lives and willful damages to properties.
  In spite of the above judgments, the Chiefs and people of Alavanyo have persistently refused to accept the historical and legal boundaries that existed between the two traditional areas. The people of Alavanyo have continuously sought and still seek to impose on the people of Nkonya arbitrary boundaries, by force of arms that have neither historical nor legal basis.
  As much as the people of Nkonya are committed towards attaining a sustainable peace in the two traditional areas, they will never relinquish any part of their land based on the Grunner Map of 1913 to the people of Alavanyo.
  To conclude, we are all aware that statutory institutions in states all over the world, like the Legislature, the Executive and particularly the judiciary among others, are established to ensure cohesion of state apparatus. They are recognized and respected to ensure that peace prevails at all times. Therefore, for any mutual negotiations towards attaining a lasting peace to succeed between the two sides, it should be based on the following;
  (i) Acceptance, recognition and respect for the existing boundaries based on the Dr. Grunner Map of 1913 that effectively binds the six nations states of Nkonya, Gbi, Alavnyo, Ssantrokofi, Akpafu and Bowiri and prior to the 1913 conflict.
  (ii) There should be acceptance and respect for all court rulings or judgements based on the Grunner Map of 1913, which has both National and International recognition.
  (iii) The Nkonyas are not prepared to accept and adopt any “new boundary” that may be imposed on them by this committee or any other body since this will be inimical to the peace of the area.
  (iv) Cameras were used when we were cutting the boundary lines to justify the authenticity and validity of these boundaries of Nkonya and Alavanyo.
  Several attempts have been made by the Nkonyas to get copies of the video clips to prove to the whole nation and the world at large the true picture of the boundaries between the states of Nkonya and Alavanyo but to no avail. You have only kept them within you for confidential reasons.
  (v) NOT: The Nkonyas have never in any situation discredited the judgment of the nation’s well established courts to the extent of coming together with the Alavanyos to seek indulgence of the mediation for a better boundary.

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• Nana Appiah 12 years ago

  All these regular land conflicts in the Guan lands in Northern Volta.The reasons for their reoccurances stems from the fact that our greediness and corruption today has over turned plain facts history.
  Take the case of Woraw ...
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  All these regular land conflicts in the Guan lands in Northern Volta.The reasons for their reoccurances stems from the fact that our greediness and corruption today has over turned plain facts history.
  Take the case of Worawora where sick migrants wants to over turn their personal history to claim the Buem lands.The Buems and Nkonyas are heaven brothers and till heaven descends no one can take their land.Apesuokubi existed historically before the arrival of Woraworas on Buem land.Why can't these people resort to lies for land reclaimation.Conflicts over land in Ghana will never end till wisdom convinces people to resort to history.

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• TEACHER 12 years ago

  Write;
  
  HISTORICAL FACTS HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED
  
  REOCCURANCES STEM not STEMS
  
  MIGRANTS WANT not WANTS
  
  Till wisdom convince people not convinces.

  Write;
  
  HISTORICAL FACTS HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED
  
  REOCCURANCES STEM not STEMS
  
  MIGRANTS WANT not WANTS
  
  Till wisdom convince people not convinces.

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• Nana Appiah 12 years ago

  Don't make a fool of yourself to think you know too much.Look how stupid Bawumia has made himself at the supreme court inspite of his degrees. There is honestly big difference between English as a language and journalistic E ...
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  Don't make a fool of yourself to think you know too much.Look how stupid Bawumia has made himself at the supreme court inspite of his degrees. There is honestly big difference between English as a language and journalistic English.You are one of the golfs that hates facts,but what history has can't be over turned.Woras woras came to Buem land sick ,what about that.It is in the minds stack for 500 years and referd to.

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• Otwenua Adamfo 12 years ago

  KK, thanks for sharing. Let someone from the other side tell their side of the story for the whole world to know who are the real trouble makers. There is too much lawlessness in the country.

  KK, thanks for sharing. Let someone from the other side tell their side of the story for the whole world to know who are the real trouble makers. There is too much lawlessness in the country.

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• Onipa Nsa 12 years ago

  Has Togbe Afede Asor read the above accounts? If yes then what more does he need to convince himself that this piece of land legitimately beloongs to the people of Nkonya. Sadly enough, he issues threats of asking the governm ...
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  Has Togbe Afede Asor read the above accounts? If yes then what more does he need to convince himself that this piece of land legitimately beloongs to the people of Nkonya. Sadly enough, he issues threats of asking the government to take over the land despite these undisputed accounts. If I were him I will simply ask the Alavanyps to present their court judgments which declared the land in their favour. It is this kinf of Togbe's approach of trying to twist facts in favour of wrong parties that has created the multiplicity of chieftanicy disputes in Ghana today. Offering chieftancy stools to the highest bidder, I wonder if Togbe will be happy if anybody now decides to litigate with him on his power generating plant and I come out to suggest that the government should take it over. The battle is the Lord's. Continue with this dishonesty until the day God calls you to give account.Is this how you settle disputes among your subject in your high office? Please let honesty and truth guide our lives on earth so that we can posterity will hold our names aloft.

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• KK 12 years ago

  Someone please ask Togbe the group known as tsatsadu. and ask the people of Akpini (Kpando), Santrokofi, Gbi(Hohoe), Bowiri(kwamekrom), Akpafu to ask who were their original neighbors.

  Someone please ask Togbe the group known as tsatsadu. and ask the people of Akpini (Kpando), Santrokofi, Gbi(Hohoe), Bowiri(kwamekrom), Akpafu to ask who were their original neighbors.

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• Akwasi Pee 12 years ago

  In spite of the animosity between the two groups,this area has some of the most beautiful females in Ghana.And very hard working ,honest and serviceable too.So why don't the menfolk stop the fighting and killing and allow men ...
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  In spite of the animosity between the two groups,this area has some of the most beautiful females in Ghana.And very hard working ,honest and serviceable too.So why don't the menfolk stop the fighting and killing and allow men from other parts of Ghana to go there and marry their women for them?It seems the fighting and killing is depriving the women of real husbands who are being butchered periodically.Over to you,folks.What do you say?

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• Sir Zik 12 years ago

  What will you do if you were woken up at dawn by gunfire at the outskirts of your village and bullets flying into the village and wounding inhabitants?

  What will you do if you were woken up at dawn by gunfire at the outskirts of your village and bullets flying into the village and wounding inhabitants?

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• Pepe Alhaji 12 years ago

  Togbe , this is no intimidation,talk
  peace , talk wisdom as if from the
  ancestors to the chiefs of Sovie and
  Nkunya,thank you.

  Togbe , this is no intimidation,talk
  peace , talk wisdom as if from the
  ancestors to the chiefs of Sovie and
  Nkunya,thank you.

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• Honesty -the best policy! 12 years ago

  You are indeed a VERY WISE Leader! The best solution that I have always touted in my own small coner is for Govt. to take over any disputed land and put it to the benefit of all Ghanaians such as schools, hospitals, etc. The ...
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  You are indeed a VERY WISE Leader! The best solution that I have always touted in my own small coner is for Govt. to take over any disputed land and put it to the benefit of all Ghanaians such as schools, hospitals, etc. The Volta University could have a campus on that land for the benefit of present and future generations.

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• WARD GDX 12 years ago

  If you believe the best solution is having the gov't take over the disputed land, you couldn't be more wrong. Just imagine that becoming a precedent and the gov't stepping in to cease every disputed land
  
  The court syste ...
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  If you believe the best solution is having the gov't take over the disputed land, you couldn't be more wrong. Just imagine that becoming a precedent and the gov't stepping in to cease every disputed land
  
  The court system has to establish which party owns the land and the law enforcement system of Ghana should make sure that order by the court is protected.

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• Kwakutse 12 years ago

  This decision of Togbe Afede is laughable. It reminds me of the GREAT JUDGEMENT of legendary King Solomon of the TWO WOMEN and the LIVEN CHILD. Here, Togbe Afede being Ewe himself, would prefer that the stretch of land which ...
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  This decision of Togbe Afede is laughable. It reminds me of the GREAT JUDGEMENT of legendary King Solomon of the TWO WOMEN and the LIVEN CHILD. Here, Togbe Afede being Ewe himself, would prefer that the stretch of land which the bonafide property of the Nkonya people, taken over by government;
  
  It baffles me to think why we Ewes want to take over everything about Volta region! This sort of attitude could not allow us to live in peace with our neighbors. Taking over the land by is not the right decision at-all. It smacks of betrayal of trust which has lingered on for far too long.....

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• Onipa Nsa 12 years ago

  Yoou may as well go to sleep and throw your proposed solution into the sea. It is rather nonsensical. If your father were party to this issue, will you make such a suggestion? Do you know what is called a court judgment? You ...
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  Yoou may as well go to sleep and throw your proposed solution into the sea. It is rather nonsensical. If your father were party to this issue, will you make such a suggestion? Do you know what is called a court judgment? You are one of those causing chaos in this country by trying to deprive real owners of their hard earned properties through greed and avarice. God punish you. You may as well ask the government to build the Volta University in your bedroom for the benefit of you and your wife and leave the Nkonyas as the bonafide owners of the land. The numerous court decisions are all in their favour.

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• Asempaneye 12 years ago

  It is my understanding that, there are two Ghana Supreme Court rulings on this dispute. If that is the case, the only solution to this problem is for the two rulings of the Ghana Supreme Court to be fully and firmly enforced ...
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  It is my understanding that, there are two Ghana Supreme Court rulings on this dispute. If that is the case, the only solution to this problem is for the two rulings of the Ghana Supreme Court to be fully and firmly enforced as provided by law. If there is no court ruling on this dispute, then the dispute must be submitted to judicial determination and the resulting ruling must be fully enforced. As it clear, dialoguing has been going for an interminable amount of time without any positive result and thereby amounting to a prodiguous waste of resources, in terms of human life, property as well as resources that otherwise would have gone to better uses.

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• Onipa Nsa 12 years ago

  Why are you running away from the court decisions cited by the other writers. Which supreme court rulings ae you talking about? PLease cite them here for us to read. Maybe you are day-dreaming.

  Why are you running away from the court decisions cited by the other writers. Which supreme court rulings ae you talking about? PLease cite them here for us to read. Maybe you are day-dreaming.

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• Otwenua Adamfo 12 years ago

  Togbe, your call on government to compulsorily take over the disputed land is not a proper option. Rather call on the government to find who the true owners of the land are. This is not difficult to find out because the recor ...
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  Togbe, your call on government to compulsorily take over the disputed land is not a proper option. Rather call on the government to find who the true owners of the land are. This is not difficult to find out because the records are at the courts in Ghana. The dispute has been adjudicated in the Ghanaian law courts about seven times and the verdicts are all there for everyone to see. The problem is one party who in this case are the losers have decided not to abide by the decisions of the courts and you think instead it is proper for government to take over the land? Are you serious? Please site a precedent of your suggestion. Your suggestion has always been the strategy of the Alavanyo people. However, the problem with this strategy is that it will bring no peace because the perpetrators of these unlawful acts of trespassing will continue even after the government takes over the land. And you know what? The true owners will not just stand by and watch them but will constitute themselves into citizens vigilantes ready to protect "government land" from being enchroached upon. Togbe your threat or suggestion is not helpful. Please revise your conflict resolutions lessons notes and come back with something more well-thought of and practical. Don't be seen to be encouraging lawlessness in our societies.

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• Charles Milenkov 12 years ago

  This Alavanyo/Nkonya conflict has been lingering for so long that we are wondering if there would one day be any final solution acceptable to all the parties. Togbe Afede's suggestion is one of the proposals that have informe ...
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  This Alavanyo/Nkonya conflict has been lingering for so long that we are wondering if there would one day be any final solution acceptable to all the parties. Togbe Afede's suggestion is one of the proposals that have informed previous mediators. That proposal would be valid and keenly supported if there were no better and more scientific resolutions. You see, the land must belong to one of the parties or to both or even none of the parties. I understand that these issues have been heard in open court and there are court decisions and no pending appeals. So, if the land is taken over by the state, one party would feel aggrieved that 'their' land has been appropriated of seized by the state. The state would also be in possible contempt of its own courts' decisions/judgement. Secondly the state would be setting a dangerous precedent by taking a simplistic decision to just seize any land/property that is the subject of litigation/conflict. So, for the above reasons, this proposal is a lazy one. I suggest tghat, the government should look at the court decisions, study them carefully and, on the basis of that, constitute a commission to propose the permanent settlement of this conflict. In the interim, the government should proactively enforce the peace instead of rushing security personnel there after news of yet more senseless murders perpetrated by both sides. These two communities have lived peacefully more than violently and they have so inter-married that there is more that binds them than separates them. While the conflict goes on the two communities continue to lose lives, property and their lives are made unbearable due to their inability to farm, hunt, trade and live freely. Both communities are therefore the losers

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• terriBly speci Fic 12 years ago

  Togbe, please try and learn and take difficult decisions. Urging the government to take compulsory custody is the most softer of all options and will create a time bomb in the future when this corrupt government sell the same ...
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  Togbe, please try and learn and take difficult decisions. Urging the government to take compulsory custody is the most softer of all options and will create a time bomb in the future when this corrupt government sell the same parcel of land to another party. Think twice before you talk and Ghanaians in general lack positive thinking.

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• KK 12 years ago

  the people of Aalavanyo and sovie are brothers and it is this same sovie group that caused confusion around the Akpini lands.
  do we know why the Akpafus have historically refused to be involved in this conflict? they specifi ...
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  the people of Aalavanyo and sovie are brothers and it is this same sovie group that caused confusion around the Akpini lands.
  do we know why the Akpafus have historically refused to be involved in this conflict? they specifically told their neighbors and brothers, the nkonyas NEVER to give their lands to these group because it would in the future come back to haunt them. but out of generosity the nkonyas refused gave away the lands. so the Akpafus vowed not to even witness in the case in court. lets get our historical facts right. NO ONE, NOT EVEN GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE EVEN 1M SQUARE OF NKONYA LAND

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