Otumfuo intervenes in land disputes at Fumesua

Kumasi, Aug. 27, GNA - Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has called for a halt to all developments at Fumesua, Kwamo, Bebre, Saape and Adakwa-Jachie in the Ejisu-Juaben District until land disputes in that area are resolved by the Kumasi Traditional Council.

He has also ordered that all documents relating to the acquisition of lands in the possession of chiefs and sub-chiefs be submitted to the Council for study before any settlement can begin.

The Asantehene gave the orders when the Council sat to deliberate on the numerous chieftaincy cases and land disputes before it on Thursday. This was after Miss Rose Oteng, Ejisu-Juaben District Chief Executive, had catalogued problems facing the district assembly following the protracted land disputes.

Miss Oteng said the disputes are retarding the socio-economic development of the area and, therefore, appealed to the Asantehene to help resolve them. When the chiefs were called before the Asantehene, some of their sub-chiefs were not present.

The Registrar was, therefore, asked to fix a suitable date for the hearing of the cases. The Asantehene advised the chiefs to stop selling plots and warned that any chief who flouts any of the orders will not be spared.