A presiding judge of the Kwadaso Circuit Court has issued a stern warning against multiple sales of lands, emphasizing that anyone accused of such acts will face the full force of the law.
Jephthah Appau, a Relieving Judge of the Asante-Akuakwa Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, reaffirmed the court’s commitment to fighting multiple land sales in the country.
The warning came as a 46-year-old farmer, Nana Kofi Adade, also known as Biney Solomon, appeared before the court charged with allegedly granting land without title. Judge Appau stated that any person accused of multiple land sales in his courts would be dealt with strictly under the law to deter others from similar acts.
He noted that granting land without title violates Section 277 (2A) of the Lands Act 2020, Act 1036, and disrupts buyers while tarnishing the image of traditional authorities who own the lands.
Nana Adade’s plea was not taken, and he was remanded in prison custody to reappear before the court on September 12, 2025, while investigations continue.
Police Detective Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu told the court that last year, Nana Adade sold plot number 45, which Yaa Amankwah had already acquired from the late Nana Sarfo Akumah Abasi, former chief of Tabere near Abuakwa, at a cost of GH¢3,000 in 2001 and was issued an allocation paper and site plan. Adade allegedly sold the same plot to Bernard Owusu Sarpong for GH¢46,000 without title.
Prosecution indicated that in April this year, the complainant visited the plot and discovered that it had been cleared along with her 10 trips of sand, a trip of chippings, 800 cement blocks valued at GH¢39,460, and her one-bedroom floor-level foundation valued at GH¢3,500, all damaged.
The complainant was informed that Owusu Sarpong bought the land from Nana Adade and one Akwasi Anane, now at large, and carried out the clearing. A report was subsequently made to the Abuakwa Police, leading to Nana Adade’s arrest and prosecution.
Source: GNA
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