Houses belonging to encroachers in Millennium City Estate, situated in the Central Region are to face mass demolition.
Over 5,000 houses have currently been earmarked to be demolished to serve as a deterrent to other persons willing to build at Millennium City without permission.
The developer of the estate Kofi Asmah addressing journalists on the stiff decision on the demolition exercise said some encroachers are trying to take over the estate without his consent.
He filed the case at the Ofaakor Circuit Court to see how best he could handle the encroachers without violating the laws of the land.
The court later ordered the police from the Central East Police Command to accompany Mr. Asmah and his team to earmark the houses for demolition.
“If you have seen Police men going around Millennium City, it is by the order of the court. People are trying to destroy our estate. Most of them are foreigners and because of small money, they are giving us trouble”.
“Our clients are unable to develop their land when they buy from us. They keep saying I don’t have any land in Millennium City, but I am daring them to come forward with documents. We went to Ofaakor Circuit Court to take a court order to move the encroachers from our land”.
“Those whose houses have been earmarked must know that this is the first phase of the exercise, the second phase will be the demolition stage. They must either come forward for renegotiation or face demolition,” Kofi Asmah the developer of 21st-century Construction Limited at Millennium City noted.
The construction company also bemoaned the impact of landguard activities in the area.
“The issue of the land guard is disturbing the peace of the people of Millennium City. They demand digging fees, threatening the lives of developers, and making life unbearable for developers,” Kofi Asmah added.
