Some unknown persons have planted juju magical powers on disputed land at Yoyim a farming area near Nkurakan in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern region.
The situation has triggered tension between the feuding factions.
Nkurakan Police has taken over the investigation after a formal complaint was made. No arrest has been made yet.
Land litigation is one of the major security threats in Ghana.
The menace has led to the breeding of land guards who unleash deadly violence in parts of the country.
Ghana has therefore passed Land Acts to deal with the menace.
A Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law revealed that land guards can now be convicted for at least five years and not more than 15 years.
Lawyer Kwame Gyan indicated that when one is found guilty of any land guard activity, there would be no option as a fine but the culprit would be imprisoned.
He said the new regime of the Land Act sets out sanctions from sections 11, 12, 72, 236 and 277 especially that of section 12 to deal prominently with land guard issues unlike the old system section 34 of the Land Registry Act of 1962, Act 122 which was not vehemently applied.
“Now they are different targets of section 12 that is very prominent and intended to deal with the land guard issues. In section 12, you can see clearly the objective where it starts talking about the protection of land and land”
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
