Citizens of Dankyira are appealling to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Paul Quaye and the Greater Accra Regional Security Council (GAREGSEC), to speed up investigations, arrest and prosecute culprits behind disturbances in the vicinity. Nii Kwashie Akai Nettey, Chairman of the Executive Council of Nii Dzan-Bi Amu Royal Family made the appeal at a press conference in Accra. In attendance were Nii Kwame Amu II, Chief of Dankyira and his elders. The press conference was greeted with tears as four women narrated how their loved ones were gruesomely killed during the disturbances. Nii Nettey said the people of Dankyira were grateful to the Ghana Police Service for the investigations conducted so far. "We would like to make it clear that Police investigation has been well conducted and some of these killers have been arrested from their hideout," Nii Nettey said. On March 20 this year, four persons died and properties worth millions of Ghana cedis were destroyed following disturbances at Dankyira in the Ga South Municipality. Nii Nettey noted that Dankyira had a gazetted Chief, Nii Kwame Amu II, recognized by the Ga Traditional Council and did not know "self styled Chief Anyetei Akramah II, claimant of Dankyira Stool Land." He denied suggestions that there was a protracted land dispute among Nii Dzan-Bi Amu families of Monaa and Otublohum, adding "there was unity among all of us and there was representation from each family at this press conference". "We wish to say that there is nothing on record on what we termed as composite families: we know of Nii Dzan-Bi Amu family of Dankyira and Accra," he said. Nii Nettey contended the Chief of Dankyira had not sold any property or land to anyone. He said it was sand winning in the area that was halted by the Police that led to the clashes. Nii Nettey alleged that one ACP Duodu Lomotey (retired) and Samuel Okine led the various incidents which caused protracted tension and unrest in the area. Delving into the history of Dankyira, Nii Nettey said during the 16th Century, Nii Kwame Amu's paternal ancestors and others fought in the Akwamu wars at Accra West known as Dankyira lands. "At the end of the war in 1733, the ancestors decided to settle in the former battlefield to hunt and farm," he said. After the death of their ancestors, Nii Kwame Amu inherited the Dankyira lands and had defended the title to the land in the courts, by leave and licence settlers, paving way for their relations to live and work on the Dankyira lands. Source: GNA