There has been a clash between residents and chiefs of Senya Bereku in the Central Region and some military officers from the Ghana Armed Forces over a land dispute.

The conflict is rooted in a long-standing dispute between the Gomoa Fetteh Traditional Council and the Senya Bereku Traditional Council over one hundred acres of land.

The Gomoa Fetteh Traditional Council intends to allocate this land to the military.

In an effort to prevent the handover of the land to the military, members of the Senya Traditional Council besieged the area, obstructing the ceremony scheduled to officially transfer the land to the military.

They have also threatened mayhem if the authorities at Gomoa Fetteh proceed with handing over the land to the military. The Acting Chief of Senya Bereku, Nai Kwaku Kormittey, affirmed their determination to resist any attempt to transfer their land to the military.

“The Fetteh people approached us and we spoke to them about the said piece of land. We informed our lawyers about the move for advice but before we realised the military had entered the piece of land working. We heard that they were coming here to perform an official ceremony to hand over the land to their officer so we besieged the land.

“We want to tell the President of the state to look into the matter. An estate developer gave them a piece of land close to our land but they have sold it and now trying to approach our land. We won’t agree”Nai Kormittey said.