A Ghanaian monarch says the Nigerian high commission in the
country was aiding a businessman to forcibly take over the plot of land
belonging to his people.
Joy News, a Ghanaian platform, quoted Nii Okwei Kinka
Dowuona VI, paramount chief of Osu traditional area, as saying the land is
different from the one being occupied by the high commission.
NigerianEye had reported how the staff quarters of the high
commission which is still under construction was demolished by armed men.
While the federal government called for urgent action
against the perpetrators, the Ghanaian government said it was investigating the
incident.
The traditional ruler said the Nigerian high commission
trespassed on the plot of land which he said belongs to the Osu stool.
He said they also gathered that the ongoing structure is
“planned entertainment complex to be used as an events centre for commercial
purposes” and not staff quarters as was reported.
“It came to the attention of the Osu Stool that the original
building on the parcel of land was demolished and, in its place, a new
structure was being erected,” he reportedly said in a statement.
“Osu Stool was informed that the structure was being erected
by a Nigerian business person with the aid of the Nigerian High Commission and
was forcibly trying to take over the said parcel of land.
“The Stool has a high level of respect for foreign missions
and has therefore on several occasions verbally informed the unidentified
trespasser of the ownership status of the land through the security personnel
resident on the parcel of land.”
The monarch added that the “trespasser” was invited for
discussion on the ownership of the land but the “trespasser has openly and with
impunity disrespected the paramount Chief of the Osu Traditional Area, Stool
Lands Authority and the Traditional Council of Elders by its attendant
behaviour.”
“Forceful acquisition of these lands by trespassers who hide
behind foreign offices and political influence should desist from doing so,” he
said.
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