The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dream Alive Building and Road Construction Limited, Enoch Addo Kwei Pappoe, has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), COP Christian Tetteh Yehonu, to disregard recent media reports accusing him of using abrupt force to demolish building properties on his legally acquired land at Abokobi-Gboi in Accra.

Pappoe denied media reports attributed to residents and members of the Abokobi-Gboi Landlords Association that he had taken the law into his own hands to carry out the demolition exercise on the land in question, calling the reports completely false, mischievous, and misleading.

He provided evidence of a legal demolition permit secured from the Ga East Municipal Assembly under the National Building Regulations, 1996 (L.I. 1630), approved by the Assembly Engineer, P.A. Bah-Lano, which gives him the legal backing to demolish all existing illegal properties on the land belonging to him in the area.

The estate developer clarified that he acquired the land from three families, Numo Nmashie, Nii Akpor, and Tetteh Olewolon, after assisting them in registering 543.92 acres of land with the Lands Commission of Ghana.

Pappoe’s stake in the land was cemented after he won a judgment in an Adenta High Court against the Numo Nmashie, Nii Akpor, and Tetteh Olewolon families.

This followed a lawsuit he filed due to their persistent refusal to honour a legally signed agreement that entitled him to 30 per cent of the land after he facilitated its registration.

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Addressing the media to set the record straight, Pappoe rejected the allegations levelled against him, stating that he is a law-abiding citizen of Ghana and would be the last person to engage in any act of violence that would create problems in the country.

He pointed out that those making false allegations during a press conference broadcast on some radio stations were individuals who had illegally and unlawfully purchased his land.

He stressed that instead of approaching him for the regularisation of their building documents, these individuals chose to malign him on social media to score points.

Pappoe noted that in 2017, the three families; Numo Nmashie, Nii Akpor, and Tetteh Olewolon, approached him to help register their 543.92 acres of land.

According to Pappoe, before meeting with the elders of the three families, he confirmed they had a court judgment and mandamus order validating their ownership of the land.

Following this, he stated that they exchanged various documents, granting him a legal power of attorney to facilitate the land’s registration with the Lands Commission.

A signed agreement, titled Agency Agreement and dated March 20, 2017, stipulated that Pappoe would receive 30 percent of the 543.92 acres, with the remaining 70 percent allocated to the families.

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Pappoe explained that between 2017 and 2019, he completed the registration of the 543.92 acres at the Lands Commission for the three families.

“This means that after I finished the registration processes, they were to give me my 30 percent share as agreed,” he said.

However, from 2019 to 2020, the families were unwilling to honour the agreement, leading to a prolonged dispute.

He added that in 2021, the families continued to refuse to release his share, compelling him to take legal action.

“By the grace of God, between 2022 and 2023, the court declared judgment in my favour against the three families,” Pappoe stated.

He further noted that he secured legal possession of the land through court processes.

Pappoe asserted that he posted the court judgment on some properties at Abokobi-Gboi, requesting developers to consult him for the regularisation of their building documents to obtain a certificate of regularisation.

He emphasised that carrying out building work without proper authorisation is a criminal offence.

“I called on them to come for the regularisation of their building documents, but they refused. The few who came to see me revealed that some elders of the three families had deceived them into believing they should not seek regularisation because the families were taking me back to court,” Pappoe clarified.

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