- Kasoa Kumbe Residents Protest Forced Eviction
- Residents claim they were not served eviction notice or taken to court
- Assemblyman calls for justice, disputing claimant's ownership of land
Over 150 residents of Kasoa Kumbe, a suburb of Opeikuma in the Awutu Senya East Municipality, were involved in a violent confrontation with police and suspected landguards during a forceful eviction on Wednesday.
The residents, who were left stranded after the eviction, were informed by officers from the Central East Regional Police Command that the action was in line with a court ruling in favor of one Kwame Baafi, who claims ownership of more than 10 acres of land in the area.
Tensions escalated as the residents, in an effort to resist the eviction, clashed with police officers and nearly 100 individuals believed to be landguards, resulting in chaos as homes were locked up and belongings left behind.
In an interview with Adom News, some of the displaced residents expressed their frustration, stating that they had never received any court summons or eviction notice prior to the police action.
The Chief of Gomoa Kumbe, Nana Okoboban Kwao II, voiced his shock at the involvement of police in the eviction, raising questions about the legality and transparency of the operation.
Meanwhile, the Assemblyman for Kasoa Opeikuma Electoral Area, Habib Abdulai, called for a thorough investigation into the matter, insisting that the disputed land does not belong to the claimant, Kwame Baafi.
