The police and military have refuted claims that they engage the services of land guards to protect and reclaim encroached lands belonging to them.
According to statements issued by the two security institutions said the allegations are baseless and unfounded.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in responding to the claims made by the Minority members of the Lands and Forestry Committee of Parliament, described it as unimaginable and regrettable.
It GAF explained that its work is “geared towards protecting the frontiers of our country against the downward spread of violent extremism from the Sahel Region.”
“GAF wishes to assure all well-meaning Ghanaians that the allegation is false and should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
The Ghana Police Service on the other hand labelled the allegations as “false, baseless and unfounded, and should be treated with the contempt it deserves.”
The Police Service statement stressed that it has never engaged the services of land guards in its line of duty rather, they have intensified “anti-land guard operations in communities affected by the activities of these land guards and this renewed effort will not stop until perpetrators of such illegal activities are brought to justice.”
