By News Desk
Wherever help could come from, especially the government and the security agencies,
homeowners and buyers in the Ad Astra Villa gated community in the Tse Addo
construction site, a budding rich community in the greater Accra region, are calling for
intervention to end the wanton destruction of their properties.
They suspect some persons believed to be affiliated to high-ranking government officials, and
some government official, who brag to be larger-than-life to be behind the incessant
destruction of their properties.
This paper has learnt in a petition date 29 April, this year, for instance, that four days earlier
25, April 2024, some persons believed to be land guards, led by Mr. Hampton, Tsotso, and
Mr. Razak, who claim to be National Security operatives, entered the Tse Addo construction
site of a company and forcibly evicted construction staff and proceeded to dismantle
completed construction works.
This development brought to halt the huge investments being made into the construction of
the housing units for potential buyers.
The exercise by these persons, according sources, was under strict supervision of the police,
military, and national security, who led the land guards to barge into the premises and
forcibly evicted construction staff after which they dismantled and destroyed all concrete
foundations and pillars that have been erected for multiple houses under construction.
SINOCOM through its lawyers, LAW GROUP, stated that the incident appeared to have its
origin in a contentious dispute over the ownership of the land and noted that, Mr. Hampton,
Tsotso, and Mr. Razak have in June 2023, trespassed on the property prompting the
intervention by law enforcement agencies.
“Regrettably, they failed to produce verifiable documentation substantiating their claim
to ownership of the land, while our client was able to furnish incontrovertible evidence
supporting their rights,” the lawyers stated in the petition.
These individuals, Mr. Hampton, Tsotso, and Mr. Razak subsequently returned onto the land
in November with what the company described as “forged land certificate,” to halt ongoing
construction work but despite these efforts, the company persisted in its operations.
The persistency of the intruders to illegally take over the property led to legal proceeding
initiated before the Accra Land High Court.
It was evident in the petition that the Lands Commission launched investigations into the
alleged fraudulent registration of the land title and produced a verification report to the
company on March 19, 2024.
In spite of all these, Mr. Hampton-led group in flagrant disregard to the rule of law, refused to
await the outcome of the ruling scheduled for May 2, 2024 and stormed the site in the
company of some individuals holding themselves as national security personnel wantonly
destroyed all structures erected on the site.
The company through its lawyers petitioned the Regional Commander to intervene and halt
the ongoing unlawful damage on the land and to also initiate a comprehensive investigation
into the matter.
However, following the petition to regional police command, a police team was sent to the
site yesterday, Wednesday May 1, 2024 to arrest his (Mr. Hampton’s) workers on site.
The police team arrested the workers but just before police team left, Mr. Hampton showed
up at top speed with siren to the site and threatened to kill the police.
He challenged the arrest claiming the land was his own land and the Police demanded he
brings his documents or send same via a 3rd party to the regional command.
Mr. Hampton, who was acting on the authority from ‘above’ did not give a damn to the
request by the police but rather, protested saying the land was his own and not even the
president can take it from him.
He was violent towards the police who left the scene with the arrested workers and went back
to regional command.
