Four in Court over bloody clashes at Dedeso near Begoro
The Prosecuting Officer, Chief Inspector Owusu Ababio narrated to the court that, on June 26, 2021, at about 9:0am, the regent of the Begoro traditional area mobilized a group of men numbering about 20 from Begoro, Apaa, and Nsawam communities.
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The Eastern Regional Police Command has notified the public, that four (4) residents of Dedeso and Nyinase in the Fanteakwa Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana have been arrested and arraigned before Koforidua Circuit court for their alleged involvement in a bloody clash over one month ago.
The clash ensued between the residents and armed thugs that invaded a land under dispute between Akyems and Krobos.
The accused persons are Michael Teye Sackitey, Randolph Tetteh, Samuel Batsa, and Simon Tetteh.
The rest of the accused at large are; Richard Nacca, Tetteh Piti Ossom, Alex Tettehbio, Francis Mausour, Benjamin and Emmanuel Ahogbe.
The others are Freddie, Course Trouble, Kofi Asare, Ossom Akwetey, and Bullet. The accused persons are all inhabitants of Dedeso.
Conspicuously missing are the 20-armed thugs who invaded the community, and the police statement did not disclose the reason for not arresting any of them.
The accused persons have been charged for conspiracy to commit crime, causing harm, and causing damage.
According to history, Dedeso-Wireko is a VRA resettlement community on 8,700.24KM land acquired by government in 1969 through Executive Instrument (EI.54).
However, the regent of Akyem Begoro Traditional Council Nana Bosompem Ayirepe II was not properly acquired by the state therefore taken over the land which belongs to the Akyems.
This has resulted in a protracted land dispute resulting in many clashes.
The Prosecuting Officer Chief Inspector Owusu Ababio narrated to the court that, on June 26, 2021, at about 9:0am, the regent of Begoro traditional area mobilized a group of men numbering about 20 from Begoro, Apaa, and Nsawam communities.
They were armed with his personal pump action gun and cutlasses, hired a Nissan Mini truck with registration number GW 1551-21 and two motorbikes and delegated one Nana Barffuor Bimpong to take them onto the disputed land which sparked the violence.
William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent
