Three construction workers are in critical condition after some individuals believed to be land guards attacked them over a land dispute at Awutu Papaase Number 2 in the Central Region.
The thugs, numbering about eight, invaded the site and opened fire on the victims.
Some residents who managed to escape from the attack said they are living in fear.
They say the land guards terrorize them with guns in attempts to seize their houses and lands without any proof.
The residents are therefore calling on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, to as a matter of urgency, deploy police personnel to combat land guard activities within the area.
According to them, there was a need for the IGP’s swift intervention to salvage the situation.
The injured persons are receiving treatment at the Hospital while Central East Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into the matter.
The area is notorious for land guard menace.
In March 2022, a 37-year-old man Isaac Mensah also known as Ekow was shot dead at Awutu Papaase number one near Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region.
Four suspects were subsequently arrested by the Ofaakor District Police Command.
According to a report, Ekow was shot dead over a land dispute between the people of Ngleshie Amanfrom, Bawjiase and Ofaakor.
Chief of Awutu Papaase number one, Nai Kwao Abe-Quaye, said the suspects shot the deceased in the waist before stabbing him in the stomach.
A similar incident happened in November of the same year, where a 22-year-old man was shot dead while five others sustained injuries following a clash over a piece of land between some persons in Gomoa Akaman and Awutu Bereku in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.
The clash occurred at a time a grader was leveling the disputed land.
According to a survivor, some group of persons suspected to be land guards who possessed firearms and other offensive weapons launched an attack on them.
He said the assailants shot at them sporadically which resulted in the death of Edem Turkson leaving five others in critical condition.
In September 2020, the Asafohene of Awutu Traditional Area in the Central Region, Oshipi Darko was shot dead while three others were left in critical condition after some land guards attacked them over a land dispute at Awutu Kwao Bondze near Kasoa in the Central Region.
According to sources, the Asafohene and his men visited a site at Kwao Bondzie and upon reaching there, the land guards who were hiding in the bush, allegedly ambushed and opened fire on them, killing the Asafohene in the process.