Aggrieved developers at Gbetsile have threatened to take the laws into their hands if soldiers who constantly terrorized them on their legally acquired lands are not called to order.
The developers at Gbetsile in the Kpone Katamanso District are however calling on the Chief of Defense Staff to call his men to order as they have taken to terrorizing developers than sticking to their core duties of protection the ordinary citizen.
Soldiers allegedly from the Southern Command numbering about 25 yesterday afternoon took to Gbetsile Obeyeyie where they terrorized developers, destroyed on-going projects and seized their working tools in order to prevent them from developing their lands.
The act by the soldiers who stormed the area with their name tags always removed has become a usual routine for them in the area.
The soldiers bully and threaten developers who question their authority with warning shots each time they visit the area.
Last month, some land guards also went to the same site at Gbetsile, beat up developers, burnt their houses, destroyed working materials and seized some working tools which were later allegedly sent to the disputed chief’s residence.
“After I was beaten up by these land guards and soldiers, my building materials were destroyed and my working tools sent to the disputed chief’s residence. I later followed up for it from the residence but again I was almost beaten up by these same land guards at the disputed chief’s residence “a worried developer narrated.
Some frightened developers narrating their harrowing ordeal in the hands of the military guards to some journalists who visited the scene moments after the incident said “this is not the first time such unfortunate attacks are being meted out to us by these military guys whose identity are yet to be known.”
They are however calling on the Chief of Defense Staff to call his men to order or else they would advice themselves.
“We are calling on Chief of Defense Staff to call his men to order and ensure perpetrators of these acts hiding behind the military uniform are severely punished together with those who issued out the orders.”
Residents of Gbetsile apart from the constant attacks from land guards are also faced with series of robbery incidents which is a worry to residents.
The residents believe activities of land guards are a contributory factor to the constant robbery incidents in the area and that the two must be dealt with hand in hand.
“We don’t trust the soldiers due to their involvement with land guards in the area and we believe they are the same people who work with the robbers to rob us at night” a very disappointed resident noted.
By PROSPER AGBENYEGA