Basic School teacher cries like a baby as chief orders demolishing of his building
A basic school teacher, identified as Kofi Peprah, has become a victim of traditional authority abuse after his uncompleted building at Akyeremade in the Ashanti Region was demolished.
According to a trending video on social media, Kofi Peprah, who teaches at Bawku R/C Basic School in the Upper East Region, acquired the land in 2017 to build a house.
The narration states that the teacher used his lifetime savings to construct the building up to the lintel level, hoping to complete it soon and move in with his family. However, a new chief was enstooled at Akyeremade, and he issued an order that devastated the basic teacher’s life.
The new Akyeremade chief allegedly ordered owners of all uncompleted properties within his traditional to pay GH¢100,000 or risk losing their lands. When Kofi Peprah failed to pay, the chief allegedly ordered the demolition of his building project.
In a video moving fast on the media sighted by our platform teacher Kofi Peprah was in inconsolable tears, wailing over the demolition of his property, which he had built with his life’s savings. Footage on social media shows the basic school teacher’s building had been razed to the ground.
I was at home when a woman came to ask if I knew what was happening on my property. I told her I didn’t know, only to find out that the whole building had been demolished,” Kofi Peprah explained.
He also showed the indenture of the land, adding that he had bought it from the family that owns it.
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