The Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to intervene in the ongoing tussle at Panpanso No. 1, where some masked armed men demolished homes of residents.

On Sunday dawn, the residents were asleep when some masked men suspected to be land guards stormed the village and started pulling down buildings.

The Majority Chief Whip, who was unhappy with the incident together with the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) officials on Tuesday went to the community to sympathise with the affected victims.

He also donated 250 bags of cement, several quantities of roofing sheets and ¢20,000 to the affected victims.

The MP’s reaction follows some concerns raised by the chiefs of the settlement community on how the Police are conspiring with the land guards and terrorising them.

He assured the community members that he will visit the IGP on Wednesday to table the issue before him.

Mr Annoh-Dompreh expressed worry about how the Police are in bed with the land guards who took the law into their own hands.

Frank Annoh-Dompreh called on the IGP to deploy his men to the community to safeguard the affected residents.

The affected residents alleged that one Real Estate Developer, Kofi Acquah claimed a court gave him the order to embark on the demolition exercise without any notice to residents.

The chiefs in the settlement community also accused the Police of being in bed with the land guards who are terrorizing them in the area by taking over their lands unlawfully.

On Monday morning, the unhappy inhabitants blocked the Accra-Kumasi highway to drum home their displeasure as they became agitated and embarked on a spontaneous demonstration.

To bring the situation under control, the Police from Teacher Mante led by the District Commander, ASP Mr Francis K. Nartey, rushed to the scene to meet a group of furious town folks numbering over 200 blocking the road with logs and burning lorry tires.

The Police managed to convince the angry demonstrators to clear the road.

The Police team later visited the scene of the demolished buildings and found 11 houses pulled down with a payloader machine for no apparent reason leaving the dwellers homeless.

The affected residents noted that their lights went off around 2:00am, and thought it was the normal ECG issue and would be restored soon, but all of a sudden, they heard gunshots. 

One of the victims said “the land guards knocked on our doors, threw us out, and demolished our buildings. We don’t know what is going on. No one has told us anything.”

The residents have since been sleeping in classrooms in the community on some mattresses given to them by the Municipal Assembly.

The Chiefs who received the items expressed gratitude to the MP for his kind gesture.

Meanwhile, six suspects have so far been arrested.