There are increasing cases of multiple land sale fraud ongoing in Akuapem Adawso and Tinkong area in Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern Region.
The situation is brewing tension which is a recipe for chaos and land guard invasion.
Sadly, the acts are being perpetrated with an alleged tacit endorsement of some police Investigators who have failed to act on cases reported to them given the perpetrator’s field day to operate.
A District Officer of Information Service Department in Eastern region who has fallen victim to this modus operandi of these syndicates.
The officer purchased a parcel of land at Adawso in recent times however noticed at the Lands Commission that the land has been sold and registered already by a different person.
“In the process of registering I realized that it’s been registered by someone already. I investigated and got the agent who sold the land and admitted on record that he doubled sold it”.
The case was later reported to the police in Koforidua who invited the two buyers to produce their landowners for questioning.
“It is amazing to note that one of the buyers said on the record to the police that she doesn’t know any landowner but the agents who fronted for her” the source said
The source alleged that one of the agent’s contacts was given to the police investigator to invite him but the investigator refused to take the number.
However, the source indicated that the complainant has expressed readiness to assist in the investigations but was sadly told they act upon directives of their superiors and not complainants.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
