A high court has issued a warrant for the arrest of water Resources Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, for failing to come before the court many times.

Justice Patrick Baayeh has instructed the Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor, to take the Minister into custody and cause him to appear in court on April 15.

The high court in Ho, the Volta Region capital, wants the Minister to respond to a suit against him by two private citizens, Zikpuitor Fenu Benjamin Atsu and Marshall Koblah Fenu.

The plaintiffs say the Minister and two others – the Director of the Water Resources Ministry, Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu and Director of Hydrological Services, Mr Owusu Ansah – acting as supervisors of the Ada Sea Defence Project failed to prevent their land and property from destruction.

Zikpuitor Fenu Benjamin Atsu and Marshall Koblah Fenu also hold that the contractor, Dredging International Company from Netherlands, has also caused irreparable damage to the environment.

The Minister is said to have failed to appear in court for five times.

The sea defence project will reclaim about 14 km of coastal bed  lost along the Atlantic Ocean in the Ada East District in the Greater Accra Region.

The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.