The Tarkwa District Magistrate Court One has put Samuel Asamoah, a 25-year-old farmer behind bars for damaging a colleague’s cocoa farm at Huniso.
The convict who pleaded guilty to causing unlawful damage to 68 cocoa trees, is currently serving 18 months in prison in hard labour.
Police Inspector Patrick Essien, prosecuting, told the court that the complainant, Bukari Imoro, and Asamoah were farmers, and both lived in Anokyekrom, a village near Huniso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.
He said the farms of the complainant and the convict were in different locations, far from each other.
In April 2025, Asamoah visited the complainant’s farm twice, and chopped down sixty-eight mature cocoa trees with fruits.
He said the complainant went to his farm afterwards and found out that his cocoa trees had been chopped down.
He suspected Asamoah was behind the damage because of his previous record.
The complainant reported the issue to leaders in the village, and Asamoah was summoned, but he refused to show up.
Inspector Essien said after Asamoah had been invited, the complainant learned he was going round the community, saying he caused the damage to the cocoa plantation, and even threatened to chop more trees, and he did.
Prosecution said the complainant took the case to the Tarkwa Police on April 6, 2025, and Asamoah was arrested.
He said Asamoah told the police during investigations that he damaged the cocoa trees but could not give any solid explanation as to why he did that.
Source: GNA
