Tensions continue to brew in Nimba County’s commercial city of Ganta for the second day in running as businesses were brought to a standstill on Tuesday morning while hundreds of demonstrators blocked roads and danced in the streets.
Our correspondent in the city saw the burning of the biggest warehouse in the city, destroying over LD$ 34 million(US$197,674.00) worth of goods.
This comes a day after the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Nimba County ruled in favor of a resident of Ganta, Fred Suah, against the Donzos, Sando, Koroma and Jabarteh families in a land dispute case that dated since for over 2009.
LPR’s Nyan Flomo, Jr. in Ganta said court officers accompanied by officers of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) effectuated the demolition of over 10 houses owned by the Donzos, Sandos, Koroma and Jabateh families on the two parcel of the disputed land situated on the Saclepea road.
During the process, some of the victims, mainly from the Mandingo ethnic group, vowed to “die for their land”, while others threatened to go after Suah for “influencing the court” to rule against them”, our correspondent added.
As the demolition went on, angry crowd gathered before the mosque in Ganta and threatened to set it ablaze before police officers averted their plans.
Some residents of the city our reporter said are pointing accusing fingers at Jabateh family for being the masterminds for the destruction of the mosque, but the head of the family rejected the allegations, describing it as a diabolical lie.
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