Mechanic remanded over alleged possession of forged land documents

Police Chief Inspector Daniel Danku informed the Court, presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah, that the complainant in the case is a private Legal practitioner living in Accra.

He said that in 2002, the complainant applied to the Ghana Railways Company Limited, now the Ghana Railway Development Authority, for a 50-year lease on a piece of land in Avenor, Accra.

He said the complainant, who could not immediately start development on the land, placed his brothers on the land as care takers and visited the land regularly to ensure that no physical development took place on it by mechanics who had their shops and vehicles littered on it.

It said in May 2023, the complainant went to the land and requested that Alhassan remove his vehicles parked on it so that he could start development.

The Court heard that after numerous attempts to get the accused to vacate the land, the complainant reported the matter to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, which removed the vehicles.

Chief Inspector Danku said the accused who was offended by the action, threatened to hire thugs to destroy whatever project the complainant built on the land.

Chief Inspector Danku said the accused could not mention who issued the lease document to him and had since refused to cooperate with police investigations.