Police have arrested four suspects for their involvement in a violent land dispute at Gomoa Akramang in the Central Region.
In a press release, the Police said the four suspects, Sumaila Ibrahim, Agbenyegah Kusavi, Kwame Nyarko and Samuel Eson, and a group from Gomoa Akramang attacked some persons who were working on a disputed parcel of land.
The attack resulted in the death of one person leaving five others in critical condition.
The injured victims are currently receiving medical treatment while the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
Items retrieved from the suspects include one pump-action gun, cutlasses, two live BB cartridges and three spent BB ammunitions.
The suspects were arraigned before the Awutu Breku District Magistrate Court on 10th November, 2022 and have been remanded into police custody to reappear on 24th November, 2022.
Background
The clash occurred Tuesday afternoon 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.
According to the report, the land on which the incident occurred has been under litigation for years.
But, Nai Kweku Adawu, the Nkosuohene of the Anona family of Awutu Beraku and owner of the land claims, has had a court judgment in his favour and therefore hired the services of the deceased and some others to grade the parcel of land.
He suspects the attackers were sent by the other party in the land litigation.
Some youth of the Gomoa Akraman community, on the other hand, claim they only went to the place peacefully to halt the grading activity.
According to them, it was rather the first group that went to the land which sparked off the brutality and was met with a response.
Meanwhile, the Awutu Traditional Council has called on the government to as a matter of urgency find an amicable solution to the boundary disputes in the area.