Three uniformed police personnel last Tuesday placed residents of Monrovia Street at East Legon in Accra in in scare mood when they stormed number 138 and started firing guns indiscriminately to disperse work-men who were doing their legitimate plying their trade.
The Rambo-style incident was led by one officer only identified as ‘Red’ who is notorious for terrorizing developers at East Legon.
The workers run helter-skelter for their lives as the policemen appeared fully charged to cause mayhem with the way they were shooting on the portions of land that had been allegedly procured with documentations from the Lands Commission.
Subsequently, the Backhole driver of the construction company that was working on the retaining wall for the owners of the property was arrested by the police.
The police claimed they had an order from the control room but surprisingly, the driver who was arrested was released without any explanation or charge.
The New Crusading GUIDE gathered that the land for the retaining wall was initially a buffer zone but has now been earmarked residential purposes and has been legally offered to owner of number 138 Monrovia Street who has been in possession since 1984.
The contractor working on the project, KADNA had to conduct a search on the status of the land meant for the wall at the Lands Commission and it was confirmed that the owners of the property had been granted the necessary documentation for that portion of land.
With the results from the search at the Lands Commission, the contractor went to the East Legon Police Station to inform them of the commencement of the project.
The search result by KADNA on February 12, 2024, owners of number 138 Monrovia Road had been allocated the land for the retaining wall.
It did not reveal the name of Roberta Huppenbaeur, wife of Dr. Daniel McKorley, Chairman of McDan Group the owner of the said land.
The KADNA workmen who were terrified with the action of the disgruntled officers are therefore calling on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to look into the matter because they were on the land to perform a legitimate duty.
