Private Legal practitioner, Lawyer Nkrabea Effah Darteh, says the lands in Kwadwo Owusu will are valid if they are self-acquired properties.
Until his demise, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission.
The Will of the late Sir John which went viral on Monday May 23rd 2022 revealed that the NPP guru who died in July 2020 allegedly owned some lands in the Achimota Forest and had bequeathed the said lands.
In the alleged Will sighted by Atinkaonline.com, Sir John named his children and some individuals related to him as the ones the lands should be given to forever.
The Will also state that he owned land at the Ramsar area in Sakumono in Accra.
After the will went viral, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources stated that it will investigate the said lands in the list.
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has revealed that the repositories of the records of the land in question show no record of ownership of the lands both in Achimota Forest and Sakumono Ramsar site.
In a latest development, The Office of the Special Prosecutor has announced that it has frozen all assets belonging to the late Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John) until the investigations into the alleged improper acquisition of the properties are concluded.
Commenting on the development with host of Atinka FM Midday News on Thursday, Lawyer Nkrabea Effah Darteh mentioned that the lands in Sir John’s will can be can be bequeathed if they are self-acquired properties of the late Sir John.
He noted that Abu Jinapor’s statement created the impression that the Achimota lands are solely for government.
“Various governments of Ghana especially the era of Kuffour asked that some of the lands be given back to the chiefs. The question here is, are Sir John’s lands part of the ones given to the chiefs or part of the state lands?. We must be sure first,” he told Kaakyire Ofori Ayim.
