A 49-year-old labourer, Ernest Boakye, also known as Yaw Boakye, has been granted bail in the sum of GHC100,000 with two sureties by the Asante Akropong District Court after he was accused of selling the same parcel of land to two different individuals at Atwima-Boaso.
Boakye pleaded not guilty to a charge of granting land without title and is expected to reappear before the court on November 27, 2025.
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Police Detective Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu, presenting the case before presiding judge Emmanuel Wiafe Adu, said the complainant, Bernard Awuah, a pastor residing at Atwima-Sepaase, had originally acquired the plot from the Boaso Chief, Nana Kofi Bimpong II, on May 20, 2015, and had begun developing a three-bedroom foundation on the land.
The prosecution narrated that on October 19, 2025, Awuah received information that the land had been cleared with a bulldozer. Upon visiting the site, he later made contact with a witness, Stephen Asante, who claimed to have bought the same plot from the accused for GHC50,000.
A report was subsequently lodged with the Abuakwa Police, leading to the arrest of Boakye on November 7, 2025. In his caution statement, the accused admitted to the offence. After investigations concluded, he was charged and brought before the court.
