{"id":5621,"date":"2024-11-14T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/?p=5621"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:35:39","slug":"waterfall-clan-in-court-for-nearly-9k-acres-of-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.thedaylight.org\/wp68\/2024\/11\/14\/waterfall-clan-in-court-for-nearly-9k-acres-of-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterfall Clan in Court for Nearly 9K Acres of Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top: The Whorn Waterfall sits in Ceeyugar Town in the Quikon Clan of Kokoyah District, Bong County. The DayLight\/Derick Snyder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Esau J. Farr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KPELLETAY TOWN \u2013 A man has sued seven townsmen for dismantling his cornerstones and signboards in a conflict involving a large parcel of land in a Bong County clan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The items represented  Ceeyugar\u2019s self-proclaimed 8,866 acres of land in the Quikon Clan, near the famous Whorn Waterfall<\/a> on the St. John River<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men were charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief, menacing and disorderly conduct, court documents show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn May 3, 2024\u2026you Samuel Monway (and others) unlawfully, intentionally and purposefully went on the land of David Ceeyugar in group and without his permission, damaged his cornerstones with four signboards,\u201d their arrest warrant read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ceeyugar seeks US$1,900 in damages. However, he failed to present documents to support his claim in a July hearing. Former Sub-Kokoyah District Commissioner, Mary Queminee, had also rejected the letter of administration.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accused deny any wrongdoing, saying the land in question is part of the Quikon Clan\u2019s estimated 25,000 acres<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will make sure that our land is not taken away by anybody, including David Ceeyugar because the land is not for him,\u201d said Tripple Zisus, one of the suspects and Secretary General of Quikon\u2019s community land development and management committee (CLDMC). A CLDMC manages customary lands for a community and represents its interest in concessions, based on the Land Rights Act. Zisus spoke to The DayLight in Kpelletay, one of Quikon\u2019s 18 towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quikon Clan started the process of getting a deed last year. It is being guided by a Bong County-based NGO, Parley Liberia, and is currently harmonizing the boundaries with neighboring clans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects said Ceeyugar\u2019s survey of the land was dubious. They said there were no survey notices and no participation from nearby neighborhoods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaac Gbenyan, the Commissioner of Kokoyah Sub-District told The DayLight the clan only heard about the land when it was already surveyed. The chiefs of Kpelletay Town and Rock Crusher corroborated Gbenyan\u2019s account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the signboards townsmen dismantled. File Picture\/Quikon Community Land Development and Management Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Asked what he made of the case, David Kangar, Quikon\u2019s CLDMC chairman, backed the suspects’ actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is not a case. It is a carton. [Ceeyugar] does not have grounds, stance and witnesses. He just wanted to take it falsely,\u201d Kangar said at his home in Kpelletay Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story comes nearly a year after The DayLight exposed an illegal transaction<\/a> involving some 300 acres of the clan\u2019s land between a former lawmaker and a now-deceased elder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, deceased elder John Loway admitted to entering an illegal deal with former Representative of Bong County District Number One Albert Hills, Jr. The transaction took place in 2019, months after the passage of the law, which Hills signed. Family and other sources said the deal was valued at about L$400,000, something The DayLight could not independently verify.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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