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Nii Okpe family legitimate owners of Amomole lands – Head of family

The Nii Okpe family of Amomole under the Ngleshie Alata Paramountcy of Jamestown British Accra, has called on land owners within the area to consult the family for proper documentation following a recent court ruling.

Addressing the press in Accra on Saturday, Head of family, NiiAshietteyTetteh explained that, lands within the area hitherto, were occupied by Ablekuma people but after an appeal, the Supreme Court has declared the NiiOkpe Family as the rightful owners.

“We are calling on the general public especially land owners inAmomole that the NiiOkpefamily, has a customary land secretariat, under the Land Administration Project (LAP) that all those who have acquired land at Amomole and did not acquire it through the NiiOkpe Family should come over to them to secure a legitimate document,” he stated.

In 2017, he explained, a judgement was held in favour of Ablekuma, but following an appeal, the Supreme Court on March 18, 2024 overturned and ruled that the NiiOkpefamily was the rightful owners, hence the need for property owners to visit the family for proper documentation.

“The lands no longer belong to Ablekuma and we ask the public to desist from dealing with anyone except the NiiOkpefamily,” he stated.

The NiiOkpefamily also urged members of the community to obey the laws that govern the community for peaceful existence.

He also cautioned the public to desist from engaging with one NiiTettehCommey parading asChief of the area.

He said, according to the Chieftaincy Act, the installation of a Chief has to go through processes which never happened hence there is currently no chief at Amomole as declared by the Judicial Committee of Ngleshie Alata.

He encouraged the community to report issues of harassment by land guards for proper actions to be taken by the NiiOkpefamily.

“Anylandguard who has been spotted on our lands and reported to me, would be dealt with according to the law,” he added.

By Michael D. Abayateye & Elizabeth Agyeibea Ackon

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Committee probing petitions against Chief Justice to begin hearings tomorrow

The Committee set up by President John Dramani Mahama to inquire into three petitions filec against the Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, will commence hearings tomorrow, Thursday May 15, 2025.

The five-member Committee chaired by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang of the Supreme Court, was set up by the President in accordance with Article 146(6) of the 1992 constitution and in

consultation with the Council of State, following a determination of a prima facie case against the Chief Justice.

The committee will sit three times a week and present their recommendations to the President

upon completion of their work.

It would be recalled that President John Dramani Mahama recently suspended Chief Justice following the establishment of a prima facie case in response to three separate petitions seeking her removal from office.

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38-year-old man gets life imprisonment for killing Assemblies of God pastor in 2018

After close to seven years of trial, a seven-member jury on Wednesday, May 14, returned a guilty verdict in the murder case involving the killing of the Senior Pastor of the Central Assemblies of God church at Tema in 2018.

The convict, Francis Nabegmado, a relative of the deceased, inflicted a fatal knife wound on Rev. Dr. David Nabegmado on December 30, 2018, after alleging that the senior pastor was a false preacher who engaged in idol worship and human sacrifices.

After an hour of summing up by the judge, Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, the jury retired briefly and returned with a unanimous guilty verdict.

Based on the unanimous verdict of the jurors who had previously studied the statements of the five witnesses called by the prosecution, and listened to the summing up process, the judge sentenced the 38-year-old to life imprisonment.

When he was offered an opportunity to comment on the verdict, the convict told the judge that he wanted to go home to meet his family.

“My Lady, I want to see my family, and I want to be taken to Yendi”.

When the judge told him she couldn’t make such an order for him to go and see his family in Yendi, the convict forcefully said, “I insist”.

Francis, who will now spend the rest of his life at the Nsawam medium security prison, had told the court throughout the trial that the decision to attack his uncle, Rev. Nebegmado, was driven by insanity, but that did not save him from receiving a life sentence.

Speaking briefly after the sentencing, Senior Pastor of the Assemblies of God church at Tema Community 4, Rev. Emmanuel Kwesi Ofori, said the church has been waiting for this closure for the past seven years and will soon issue an official statement.

Source: Myjoyonline.com