McCarthy Hill Residents Living In Fear Following Recent Land guard Attacks Allegedly Engineered By A Businessman

Residents within the McCarthy hill community in the Ga South District of  Greater Accra Region, are living in fear following recent activities of some landlords in the area, which is allegedly being fueled by a UK base Ghanaian returnee who is claiming ownership of some lands.

Checks by the media reveal that the area has witnessed six of such attacks on some individual developing on their properties within the past three weeks, with the police doing little to address the situation.

According to some residents who spoke to the media, the landgaurds who were allegedly imported into the community by one Nii Korley Marcey Martey, a Ghanaian based UK returnee, who is notoriously known for such activities, have brought fears into the once peaceful Community.

They claim the invasion of these landgaurds begun with a dispute over an acre of a walled property in the area,  which belongs to a Ghanaian businessman currently domiciled in the States.

Mr Asiedu Walker a developer, told the soireenews that the said Marcey Martey approached him together with his thugs, warning him to stay off a piece of land he acquired some 4 years ago since the said land now belongs to him (Marcey Martey). He added that his failure to comply with the said warning has resulted in his structure being destroyed on countless occasion by the said landgaurds.

In another instance, a police report cited by the media revealed that the said Nii Korley Marcey Martey, once threw away a court summon secured against him by one Emmanuel Anane a property owner, whose property he had destroyed over claims of ownership. The suspect is reported to have thrown the court summons in the presence of a bailiff and that of a police investigator by name, Sgt Aboagye in the premises of the Accra central police station, with some police personnel looking on helpless as he drove through them amidst ranting about his superiority.

Checks at the Accra Regional Police Command also indicate that, though there have been several arrests and complaints being made to that effect, none of the suspects including the said Marcey Martey who has also been arrested on several occasions, have been arraigned before court. A situation that confirms claims by residents that the said Nii Korley Marcey Martey is being supported by some persons in his offices.

In a related development, the Gbawe Traditional council is expected to sit on the matter on the 27th of March, with all parties involved in the issue being invited to produce their documents in buttering ownership claims to the disputed lands.