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Offinso DISEC
moves to avert disaster at Kokote
Offinso (Ash), April 9, GNA - The Offinso District Security
Committee (DISEC) has said it was putting in place measures
to ensure the protection of life and property in the wake of
a controversy that had generated among residents of Kokote
and three chiefs over the encroachment on part of the Kokote/Aboasu
District Assembly Basic School land.
This followed a riot between residents of Kokote and some
construction workers who were working on a project on a
portion of the encroached school land last Saturday.
Mr Augustine Collins Ntim, the District Chief Executive and
Chairman of the DISEC who said this at a meeting of opinion
leaders and elders of Kokote at Offinso, appealed to the
aggrieved residents to exercise restraint whiles efforts
were made to resolve the issue.
The crisis meeting was convened at the instance of the DISEC
soon after the riot that nearly resulted in mayhem but for
the arrival of the police who fired warning shots to
disperse the crowd.
Some had threatened to mete out instant justice to the
construction workers if they dared to continue with the
work.
Residents of Kokote have accused some chiefs including Nana
Asiedu Poku of Kokote, Nana Osei Kofi Nti of Dome and Nana
Agyin Tieku of Aboasu of allegedly having a hand in the sale
of a portion of the school land to a private estate
developer.
Mr Ntim said the district assembly would confer with the
Offinso Traditional Council to ensure the speedy
determination of the case which is pending before the
council.
Nana Oduro Wiafe, Gyasehene of Kokote who led a delegation
of opinion leaders and elders to the meeting, called for
thorough investigations into the circumstances that led to
the sale of the land when the site plan indicates that the
area is the school's property.
He could not come to terms with the impunity with which
people continue to encroach on the school land in spite of
an earlier directive by Nana Wiafe Akenten, Offinsohene, to
the effect that those encroaching on the land should put a
stop to it.
The three chiefs have all denied selling or having a hand in
the sale of the disputed school land to private developers.
Nana Poku, Nana Nti and Nana Tieku, called for a thorough
investigation into the issue to establish the truth.
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