Church vandalised at Ve-Agbome

Story: Emmanuel Modey,
Ve-Agbome
March 28
Buildings belonging to the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) at Ve-Agbome in the Hohoe District have been vandalised due to litigation on the land on which the church and its community are sited.
Ten people, armed with guns, machetes, and clubs attacked the premises including church property.
According to them, the MDCC had taken more land than was acquired by them.
The Diocesan Minister for Volta Region, Apostle Patrick Yaw Nkrumah refuted the claim when he spoke to the Daily Graphic at the site, and said the land was given to the church by the Chief and the Odikro, both deceased.
Since then, he said, the church had constructed a community on the land.
Following the death of the Chief and the Odikro, the Akoto clan, owners of the land, were claiming back the land, he said.
Apostle Nkrumah said the members of the clan even took the case to the Kpando Circuit Court and the Ho High Court for an injunction to be placed on it but their request was quashed.
“So they are now resorting to threats, force and intimidation culminating in the attack on March 24,” Apostle Nkrumah added.
For their part, Mr Lawrence Fiebor of the Akoto clan said they were ready to settle the case with the church amicably at the negotiating table, adding that “but if not, we shall show them where power lies”.
The police at Ve-Golokuati have confirmed the incident and said investigations were ongoing.