Because the police do not handle civil cases, the Akuapim South Police Command has recommended complainants involved in land disputes seek justice in court.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, DSP Isaac Quaye, Akuapim South Police Commander, said, "The Police do not deal with these civil situations, hence complainants are urged to bring their complaints to court to be settled."
The civil lawsuits concerned parties in disagreement over property ownership, child custody, family misunderstandings, or divorce.
Residents who registered their holdings between the 1990s and the early 2020s were also invited to do so again, this time using the new Global Positioning System (GPS), to confirm ownership validity.
"Those who registered under the former system in the 1990s and early 20s should go through their records with the GPS to make sure they don't have double land ownership," he added.
According to DSP Quaye, the scarcity of property for sale in Accra, Ghana's capital, has encouraged most people to buy land in the Greater Accra region's adjacent districts, such as the Eastern and Central regions.
According to him, this has resulted in the acquisition of land by various people twice or even three times, resulting in a lot of misunderstanding regarding land ownership in the Akuapim South Municipality.
According to DSP Quaye, threats of life reported to police officers are commonly accompanied by land conflict difficulties, prompting complainants to file their cases in court.
Ms Akosua Oye, a late-seventies resident of Akuapim South Municipality, said her land, which totaled more over ten acres, was transferred to a family by "bogus" landlords.
"I was reported to the cops for posing a threat to life," she explained. "Those who had reported me, on the other hand, were deemed to have no case, and I was instructed to the court to file my case."
According to her, most bogus property owners act as chiefs and landowners and sell lands to unwary members of the public.
As a result, she recommended buyers to use the new land registration system to register their properties.