The Ashantehene Stool Lands Secretariat has reportedly been accused of land fraud by a Kumasi-based private legal practitioner, Edwin Poku.
According to a report by theheraldghana.com, the lawyer accused the secretariat of colluding with the Lands Commission in Kumasi to illegally appropriate lands belonging to Ghanaians, which are subsequently redistributed to foreign interests.
The report indicated that Edwin Poku made these claims during cross-examination at the Kumasi High Court, where he is representing himself in a civil suit brought against him by four of his first cousins - Yvonne Appiah Poku, Ida Gisela Osei, Eleanor Opoku, and Hanetta Hayford - over ownership of a prime land property located at Adum, Kumasi, which he bought from executors of his late father's estate.
He accused the Asantehene's secretariat and Lands Commission officials of dishonest dealings, including the allocation of lands - such as the contested Adum property - to individuals with questionable claims.
