A 23-YEAR old man has been stabbed dead following a fierce land and chieftaincy litigation between two factions at Adum Afrancho near Kumasi last Sunday at 7 am.
The deceased, identified as Kwame Yeboah, was said to belong to one of the two factions that engaged in an open brawl over a family land when calamity suddenly struck.
Yeboah was reportedly stabbed in public by one Kwadwo Brefo, who also belongs to the opposing faction in the land litigation case, a police release has disclosed.
Brefo and five other people, who are all suspected to have a hand in the unfortunate death of Yeboah, have since been arrested by police and are being interrogated further.
The police statement, authored by ASP Godwin Ahianyo, the Ashanti Regional Police PRO, said police have beefed up security in the town to prevent reprisal attacks.
According to him, the two factions clashed over a disputed land at Adum Afrancho near the Atwima Kwanwona District on Sunday morning, resulting in an open brawl.
In the course of the altercation, the statement said “the deceased, known as Kwame Yeboah, aged 23 years, was allegedly stabbed to death by Kwadwo Brefo.”
He said Brefo and one other person, who sustained injuries during the clash, have been arrested alongside four others, adding, that the injured persons are being treated under police guard.
ASP Ahianyo disclosed that the police, upon learning of the altercation, dispatched their personnel to Adum Afrancho and restored calm in the town.
He entreated the residents of Adum Afrancho to be law-abiding and exercise restraint as investigations into the case are underway, assuring that all suspects would be nabbed.
There have been countless cases recorded over land disputes. It mostly happens when a piece of land is sold to two different people. In the quest to prove who is really the man and who is going to own the land, it mostly ends in blood sheds.