Company acquired land lawfully— Ernest Nunoo
A local real estate developer, Ernest Nunoo, has refuted accusations that his company had unlawfully acquired a land from the Omanhene of the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area, Awule Amihere Kpanyinli III.
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The company was among three other companies that were slapped with an interlocutory order by the Sekondi High Court, restraining them from carrying out any further activity on the land on which the Ghana Gas operated.
The companies are therefore not to operate on the land for a period of 14 days until they have regularised their stay on the land.
Reacting to the Daily Graphic publication, the Communications Director and Spokesperson for the Ernest Nunoo Real Estate Company, Mr Nii Aqua, said the company acquired the land in 2011 prior to any gas activity whatsoever.
He said the 51-acre land on which the company operated was paid for in full and the money was received by the Paramount Chief of the area, Awule Amihere Kpanyinli III.
Receipt of payment
On a receipt, which is in possession of the Daily Graphic, an amount of GHC 53,000 was signed as received by Awule Kpanyinli III on May 3, 2013 as lease money to acknowledge payment for the land.
The receipt indicated that the money was to be forwarded and disbursed as tradition demanded among the necessary individual parties, the Ezohile Stool, Nvavile family of Baku and the Paramountcy as arbitrator or overlord.
Mr Aqua said since the payment for the land was made, the company had had issues with Awule Kpanyinli III, adding that “his strategy is to resell the lands simply because the value of the land has increased.”
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“I have personally sat in meetings where the chief proclaimed that because of the project which was happening there, those who purchased the land prior to the project must realise that the land has appreciated in value and buy the land again at today’s market value,” he claimed.