Nigerian High Commission ‘forcibly trying to take our land’ – Osu Stool

The Osu Stool has accused the Nigeria High Commission of trespassing on a parcel of land belonging to it.

This follows reports indicating that armed men allegedly invaded a parcel of land the Commission was erecting a building on and pulled down parts of the said building.

The Paramount Chief of Osu, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, in a statement clarified that the said land belongs to the Osu Stool and not the State.

Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI  in the statement alleged that a previous structure on the said land was destroyed while a new one was erected by a supposed Nigerian businessman with support from the Nigeria High Commission in Ghana.

The statement perceived the structure “being erected by a Nigerian business person with the aid of the Nigerian High Commission” as an attempt by the Nigerian mission to “forcibly…take over the said parcel of land.”

Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI insisted that the foreign office of the Commission had not purchased any parcel of land from the Stool or the Lands Commission.

He also said the trespasser had failed to honour the Council’s several invitations for a discussion on the ownership of the land.

“There has till date been no response or acknowledgement in response to the stool’s invitation nor has the trespasser proceeded to submit any documentation of permission upon which it demolished the original structure on the land and proceeded to erect a new structure,” the statement added.

“It is known by the Osu Stool that the trespasser till date does not hold in its possession any documentation on the parcel land.

Source: Citinewsroom