Land guards kill one person at Ayikai Doblo
A 27-year-old man, suspected to be a member of a group of land guards, who shot and killed a worker of Sally Properties has been arrested.
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The suspect, Daniel Adjei, attempted to flee with his colleagues but was arrested by the workers of Sally Properties, owners of the land.
The body of the deceased, Sulley Amartey, 26, has since been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Freeman Tettey of the Public Affairs Department at the Police Headquarters told the Daily Graphic that the remaining suspects managed to run into the bush.
They are currently at large.
Adjei is said to be assisting the police to track down the other members of the group.
Friday shooting incident
Amartey was killed by land guards, while five others sustained various bullet wounds.
Amartey was confirmed dead when he was rushed to the Amasaman Government Hospital.
Those who were injured have been identified as Amartey Boiboi, Amarlai Amarkai, Musah Amartei, Ali Darku and Ottu Darku, who were treated and discharged.
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The deceased and the others were erecting pillars on a plot of land when land guards opened fire on them.
According to the Managing Director of Salley Properties, Mr Ibrahim Salley, who led four of the five injured workers to the offices of the Daily Graphic, after an initial confrontation between his workers and about eight land guards who had arrived at his site on motorbikes, the latter left and later emerged from the bush to open fire on the workers.
The fifth injured person was said to be in critical condition and could not join the others to the offices of the Daily Graphic.
The genesis of the land issue
Briefing the Daily Graphic, Mr Tettey said police investigations revealed that the said land had been a major bone of contention between Sally Properties and a man whose name was only given as TJ.
He said in 1982, the chief and elders of Ayikai Doblo sold the 784-acre land to Sally Properties but one of their own family members, TJ, opposed the sale of the land.
According to Mr Tettey, TJ started warning the management of Sally Properties not to step foot on the land, adding that the issue was taken to the Property Fraud Unit.
He said after the unit had sat on the matter and came out with its findings, TJ was warned never to step foot on the land or he would face the law.