{
  "id": 16590241,
  "title": "Rejoinder: I am not on the run",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/rejoinder-i-am-not-on-the-run",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-26T05:35:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghana Business News",
    "slug": "ghana-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2026/10/26/rejoinder-i-am-not-on-the-run/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "One of the respondents in a land dispute case before an Accra Circuit Court, Samuel Essuman, has issued a rejoinder to a news report claiming he was on the run. The report, published on Ghana Business News, characterizes Essuman, the Managing Director of GEYC Company Limited (GEYC Homes), as \"on the run\" and alleges \"criminal trespass.\" Essuman asserts that these characterizations are inaccurate and defamatory. He requests the publication of his rejoinder with equal prominence to the original article.\n\nEssuman clarifies that he is actively communicating with investigators, as daily telephone, WhatsApp, and voice-note interactions occur between him and the investigating officers, Sgt. Francis and Inspector Maxwell Agyekum. He emphasizes that the police are aware of his temporary absence from Ghana on diaspora operations, and he remains accessible through his legal counsel in Accra.\n\nEssuman also asserts that the disputed land was not a 1,049-acre estate prior to GEYC's acquisition. The dual gates, solar grid, access roads, bungalow, CCTV, and boundary fencing on the 75.65-acre plot were built and funded entirely by GEYC over a six-year period of uninterrupted physical possession, starting in 2021.\n\nGEYC entered the property with a clean Ghana Lands Commission search report dated February 26, 2021, which found no recorded interest for the complainant. In late 2023, upon discovering Madam Akosua Djangmah, Essuman formally requested Letters of Administration and corporate resolution documents. Despite his efforts, she initially failed to provide the required materials, leading to a dormant matter.\n\nThe boundary dispute is currently a civil matter pending before the High Court (Suit No. H3/899/22) and the Lands Commission dispute resolution framework, formalized on April 15, 2026. Additionally, Essuman's company, GEYC, is the complainant in Docket RO 44/2026 (Dodowa/Asutuare), which concerns repeated criminal damage to estate infrastructure, including broken entrance gates, signage, CCTV cameras, solar lights, assaults on workers, and death threats. These alleged incidents are allegedly carried out by proxy agents, Mytime Global Realty Ltd, under the direction of Madam Djangmah, whose Director, Emmanuel Laryea, has since been arrested. All of these incidents have been corroborated by CCTV footage.",
  "summary": "One of the respondents in a land dispute before an Accra Circuit Court, Samuel Essuman writes this rejoinder disputing a news report on the case that said he was on the run. The post Rejoinder: I am not on the run appeared first on Ghana Business News .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}