Land Authority Forwards Suspect David For Criminal Conveyance, Forgery

By Patrick Stephen Tokpah/BONG
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) in collaboration with Liberia National Police (LNP) have apprehended and forwarded to the Smell-No-Taste Magisterial Court suspect Saturday Gbar David for Criminal Conveyance (illegally conveying a parcel of land) and Forgery.
The LLA’s action is based on a monthlong investigation conducted by its Land Disputes Resolution Section in a case involving Papin Daniels, representing the Lord’s Pentecostal Church International vs Kadiatu Kaba, a private citizen allegation of encroachment on a property, lying and situated on the RIA-High-Way area in Kpaye Town, Lower Margibi County.
During the investigation, it was established that David, who posed himself as owner and administrator of the property criminally sold three lots of land to Madam Kaba for the amount of US$9,000,00.
To perpetuate his dubious act, suspect David willfully prepared a fake administrator deed and transacted businesses on the same and duped Madam Kaba.
In further validation of his criminal planned con act, suspect David forged the seals and stamps of the LLA and also that of the Center for National Documents, Records and Archive (CNDRA), including the signatures of some past officials of the LLA and that of the Probate Court.
Criminal Conveyance is a felony of the second degree under Section Two of the Criminal Conveyance Law of 2014 which states “A person is guilty of a criminal conveyance of land, a felony of the second degree if he/she conveys to another person through sale, gift, or mortgage or lease a parcel of land that he/she has no title to by purchase, gift, or inheritance evidenced by deed, traceable to the Republic of Liberia, from the lawful owner or by any other lawful means”.
Upon completing the investigation, the LLA investigative team headed by Mr. Edward Gworlekaju under the supervision of Director Julius B. Kawa and LLA Legal Office, in collaboration with the Police forwarded David for criminally conveying a parcel of land that he has no legitimacy to by legal Title, and his deliberate action of forging the stamps of the LLA and the CNDRA.
The Chairman of LLA, Samuel F. Kpakio, in his zest to combat land crime and land disputes around the country, cautioned all that are involved in such acts to quit immediately as the Authority is poised to vehemently go after those that are causing havoc in the land sector and creating unnecessary unrest amongst peaceful citizens.
The Chairman informed the general public that a Special Task Force is underway to go after and clamp down on anyone regardless of status and affiliation who is involved in land crime.
Chairman Kpakio further encouraged the general public to institute due diligence during land transactions, thus, warming all those who are in said action of selling land that they have no legal title; to desist as the LLA and the government will not relent in the prosecution of those held reliable.