{"id":160309,"date":"2024-03-08T19:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/08\/residents-confront-armed-security-over-alleged-land-encroachment\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T19:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:29:43","slug":"residents-confront-armed-security-over-alleged-land-encroachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/08\/residents-confront-armed-security-over-alleged-land-encroachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents confront armed security over alleged land encroachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tensions flared in Okanta, a farming community in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality of the Eastern Region, as residents clashed with armed men providing security for an excavator grading farmlands.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1026785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bb0f5c1b-4841-4406-839c-6671231ba914.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The residents allege that a private developer, through dubious means, acquired their farmlands, destroying acres of crops and employing armed personnel to intimidate them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1026789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-08-141618.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"353\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Expressing their frustration, residents, both young and old, adorned with red headbands, gathered at their farmland, demanding documents from the heavily armed men wearing bulletproof vests with Ghana Police NFPU insignias.<\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved residents in an interview with Citi News, called on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Inspector General of Police to intervene.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1026779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-08-142550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"446\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The purported owner of the land stated, \u201cI have been terrified today. The police have surrounded us. IGP should come, the IGP should come to our rescue in Okanta because they have taken my land over 100 acres.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One resident explained, \u201cThey have sold the land; the woman\u2019s sister sold the land to Koans, and they are grading it, so we have come to stop them. The woman who sold the land is not the rightful owner. The real owner is the one who we came here with today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1026778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-08-142616.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"446\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the CEO of Koans Building Solutions Kofi Anokye who debunked the claims of the aggrieved residents says the issue is already in court.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions flared in Okanta, a farming community in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality of the Eastern Region, as residents clashed with armed men providing security for an excavator grading farmlands. 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