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Ghana: Breach of Peace at Abla-Adjei Rioters to be Put Before Court
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Accra Mail (Accra)
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 14 May 2008
Atiku Iddrisu
Accra
The serene community of Abla-Adjei near Pantang in the Ga East Municipality was thrown into confusion last Sunday afternoon when a number of armed youth believed to have been transported from Teshie went on rampage, causing injuries to persons and damaging property running into millions of cedis.
The rioting youth besieged the Agbogba-North-Legon Extension Police Post, to free two of their colleagues who were arrested earlier during the riot with the help of a soldier who chanced on the incident.
A police reinforcement managed to quell the tension at the police post and arrested two more young men, adding to four the number of suspects rounded up in connection with the rioting.
They were named as Ablorh Abordo, 25, a carpenter, Eric Sowah Abordo, 28, mason and Samuel Sowah Abordo, 35, driver, and Adjetey Abordo, 23, carpenter.
The Madina District Police Commander, C/Supt. Paul Aryeetey, who confirmed the incident to the media, mentioned a long standing land dispute as the remote cause of the disturbances.
He said the dispute is being engineered by a group of people from the Abla-Adjei Family at Teshie on one hand and some members of the same family who had lived all their lives on the disputed land on the other, each of whom wanted to take control of the Abla-Adjei land.
C/Supt. Aryeetey said the power struggle had led to a series of confrontations between the two groups over the years and cited one of such incidents last year during which a family member's BMW saloon car was burnt to ashes.
He said the police were still doing their best to bring peace to the area when they got the information of a possible clash there. "We quickly sent our men there and some arrests were made. The suspects were granted bail after which we sat with both factions and they agreed to exercise restraint as their claims over the land is being determined by the relevant authorities", he said.
Mr. Aryeetey told the ADM that he was "disappointed" to see a faction resorting to violence after they had all agreed to keep the peace. He warned the public to refrain from taking the law into their own hands and rather channel their grievances through the appropriate channels.
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"Since they have ignored our advice to keep the peace, we have no option than make them face the law. We are putting them before court as soon as possible", C/Supt. Aryeetey said.
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