Military services officers on Thursday morning pursued some demonstrators who for some time now have objected to the alleged encroachment on La Stool lands.
A journalist who chanced on the protest around the Navy Cemetery at Tse Addo was also maltreated by the officers.
The protesting team include the Coalition of La Associations and La Common Council.
The La Stool/Standard Council have fixed to embark on collection of demonstrations and other lawful signifies to recuperate their lands, should really President Akufo-Addo fall short to connect with the Armed service to buy.
They are elevating fears above what they explain as wanton annexation and continual encroachment of their lands by the military services, opposite to arrangements in position to release their lands to them.
Following a modern tour by customers of the La Standard Council, the Trustees of the East Dadekotopon Progress Belief, and the Coalition of Associations in La (COLA) to see for by themselves things to do of the military on the lands, they pledged their solve to see to it that the appropriate matter is accomplished.
The Council stated they have held negotiations with federal government, represented by the former Minister of Lands and Normal Methods, about the subject.
They explained that it was pronounced at the close of the negotiations in November 2020 in the existence of the military and senior officials of the Lands Commission that parts of the lands ought to be launched to the La Stool introducing that the areas required by the armed service must be acquired via due approach.
On Thursday, function took a further dimension as the troopers won’t countenance the conduct of the demonstrators.
Joy Information resources say some of the soldiers were observed manhandling some of the demonstrators.
The armed service officers were being viewed dragging protestors on the ground, hitting the head of other folks and beating fleeing protestors with sticks.
A journalist was accosted and advised to delete his recording of happenings and pictures he experienced taken.
“I only requested them why they ended up beating a person and they turned their anger on me…they took my phone and explained to me to delete the movies I experienced taken as properly as any image of the incident,” the journalist said.
