IGP petitioned to stem activities of landguards

Asabahan, (C/R), March 26, GNA - A number of developers at Asabahan and Amanfrom, near Kasoa have appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to help stem the activities of landguards who were frustrating their efforts to develop parcels of land they had acquired in the area.

Mr Justice Acquaye, a spokesman for the developers said the landguards had re-demarcated already acquired and registered plots of land and were reselling them to new buyers.

According to Mr Acquaye, the landguards who were allegedly recruited from Nima in Accra and settled at Amanfrom were harassing and brutalising genuine owners of the land and their workers, seizing and stealing their personal belongings including mobile phones and cash. Mr Acquaye said the landguards aided by a Mr Laryea, an official of the Ga West District Assembly at Amasaman, who had allegedly re-drawn a fake layout for the landguards, which they were selling with the help of a Mr Ashong, an unlicensed surveyor from Teshie in Accra. He said the activities of the landguards in the area had become a serious threat to life and property as they had allegedly gained the support of some senior police officers and elders of the community who were benefiting from their generosity.

Mr Acquaye mentioned some of the landguards as Ahmed, Aminu and Sly, who had been recruited by one Dawda and settled at Amanfrom to monitor the activities of the developers 26 March 07