Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has taken on some private legal practitioners who take up cases involving lands belonging to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in court.
He expressed worry that some lawyers fail to properly assess cases brought before them by individuals presenting themselves as heads of families and claiming ownership of lands belonging to KNUST.
The Asantehene, some five years ago, issued a stern warning to individuals encroaching on lands belonging to the University, but he noted that some are still being recalcitrant.
Speaking at the 59th Congregation of KNUST, he warned that any encroachment on KNUST lands will not be tolerated, cautioning individuals with such intentions to desist or risk decisive action being taken against them.
“Barely five years ago, in this very room, I issued a solemn and unequivocal warning against any encroachment upon the lands of KNUST. However, I have received reports indicating that some recalcitrant people continue to test our resolve. Let me therefore say again, with absolute clarity and without equivocation, any encroachment upon KNUST lands will not be tolerated.
Unfortunately, they get some lawyers to take these matters to court when they know that it shouldn’t be so.
Especially when people present themselves as Abusuapanin and claim it is their family lands, when it is not like that. And yet lawyers, by their profession, take it to court to defend this, which is wrong. They have been educated, and they know that this is also an educational institution,” he said.
Source: citinewsroom.com
