{"id":348765,"date":"2017-08-28T19:44:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T19:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=348765"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:45:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:45:12","slug":"gun-wielding-land-guards-burn-down-church-at-spintex-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/gun-wielding-land-guards-burn-down-church-at-spintex-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun-wielding land-guards burn down Church at Spintex [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some angry land guards have burnt down a Church at Okpoi Gonno on the Spintex Road in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The land guards, who were wielding guns and machetes, stormed the Believers House Worship International on Monday and set the building ablaze.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348776\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Spintex-church-burn-1.jpeg\" alt=\"spintex-church-burn-1\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Musical instruments, chairs and some electrical gadgets worth several hundreds of thousands of cedis were all destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348775\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Spintex-church-burn-11.jpeg\" alt=\"spintex-church-burn-11\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Manet Police is yet to commence investigations into circumstances that led to the action.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Head Pastor of the Church, Rev. Abraham Lamptey, the Church was summoned to court over a suit challenging their ownership of the land about seven months ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348774\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Spintex-church-burn-10.jpeg\" alt=\"spintex-church-burn-10\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said the Church responded and there is an ongoing case in court to determine the rightful owner of the land.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was shocked that the other party could take the law into their own hands and perpetuate the act.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348773\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Spintex-church-burn-9.jpeg\" alt=\"spintex-church-burn-9\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was home today when I had a call that some 10 thugs, land guards had come to the site, chased everyone out of the place with gun, entered the auditorium, poured petrol and set the place ablaze and burnt everything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348766\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Spintex-church-burn-2.jpeg\" alt=\"spintex-church-burn-2\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They fled in their pickup and got out of the place. Nobody could stand because they were holding guns and ready to shoot,&#8221; Rev. Lamptey told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> in an interview.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348771\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Spintex-church-burn-6.jpeg\" alt=\"spintex-church-burn-6\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He said the church three months earlier, received threats from the land-guards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348769\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Spintex-church-burn-4.jpeg\" alt=\"spintex-church-burn-4\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some members of the church were seen trying to salvage a few of the properties left in the auditorium later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor &amp; Zoe Abu-Baidoo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some angry land guards have burnt down a Church at Okpoi Gonno on the Spintex Road in Accra. 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