Agona Swedru (Central Region) 26 March ’99
Two inhabitants of Ngleshie Amanfrom, near Kasoa in the Central Region, have been arrested by Agona Swedru police for their alleged involvement in a case of trespassing for which 13 landguards are standing trial at the Agona Swedru community tribunal. Nii Amartey Armah, Krontihene of the town, and Madam Patience Dade, a trader, have been charged with unlawful entry onto a piece of land allocated by government to artisans at Iron City, an industrial village near Kasoa in the Central region. According to Police Detective Inspector Abichab Boye, Nii Armah was apprehended for being a member of the group of people who sold the piece of land on which the landguards were working to an Accra businesswoman, Mrs Evelyn Darko, now on the run. Madam Dade was alleged to have aided one of the accused persons, Komla Atama, to escape from lawful custody on March 18. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the tribunal, Mr L. A. Bimpong, has remanded the remaining 12 landguards in prison custody for the second time until March 29. They are Boli Kuma, Forson Hadzor, Ashiagbor Okai Eric, Everlasting Amaleji, Komla Francis and David Asibroni. The rest are Tsatsu William, Moses Ashina, Atitso Ayisu, Ankrah Frederick Kumah, William K. Nukpetah and Akakpo Akpelo.
