Residents of Oyibi, a suburb of Accra have been held hostage following hours of gunshots by persons said to be land guards. One of the residents named only as Kojo told Joy FM's Super Morning Show host Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah that the gunshots began late Monday night and continued early Tuesday morning. Two private security men have allegedly been shot, he said, but an official confirmation is yet to come from the police. The two, he added are in coma and have been hospitalised at the Mampong Hospital. The gunshots by the land guards he claimed, are to scare away private developers. Kojo said the residents are living in fear and trepidation even though there has been police assurance of security. All economic activities in the area, including the predominant stone cracking, have been stalled, he said. School children have also been made to stay at home, the journey to school considered too dangerous, he added. Kojo said the shots were fired from the palace of the chief. According to him, some of the land guards were arrested by the police but were later discharged. Efforts to get the chief and the Oyibi police to comment on the development are underway. Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana