Aggrieved farmers at Kwaso in the Ejisu Municipality are pleading with the Asantehene,Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to come to their rescue.
Madam Mercy Serwaah, Assembly woman for the Kwaso electoral area, who made the call at a press conference, disclosed that a number of farmers in her electoral had called on her to intervene on their behalf, in order not to lose their farmlands.
According to her, there are reports that a faceless authority is taking their Cocoa, Palm and Plantain farmlands from them, without their consent or any compensation.
Madam Mercy Serwaah said the matter has been reported to the Assembly and the Member of Parliament but to no avail, hence the appeal to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, Mr. Simon Osei Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister and the Ejisu Municipal Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service to intervene and come to their aid.
Madam Akosua Krah and Akosua Fosuah, 75 and 85 years old respectively, whose farmlands have forcibly been taken away from them by the faceless authority.
They indicated that the farmlands are the only source of their livelihood and losing them would be a disaster to their dependants.
They claim that their private investigations have revealed that their seized farmlands had been sold to an Estate Developer without their knowledge.
They are, therefore, pleading with Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the police and the Ashanti Regional Minister to intervene.
