The former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Amasaman Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Nii Okai Laryea, has been accused of defrauding members of the Fitii We of a whopping sum of over GH¢100,000.

According to the information, the former NDC MP, who served under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, used his position to benefit from a property meant to benefit the current members and future generations of the family.

Nii Okai Laryea is therefore standing trial at the Sowutuom District Court for the conduct, which is described by the members of the family as criminal.

Narrating the situation to journalists, Chief of the Fitii We, Nii Kwako Fitii IV, said, "Nii Okai Laryea, being a member of the family, was ordered by the family to lead the family in protecting all properties belonging to the family. He would rather use the opportunity given him and illegally transact businesses on behalf of the family to generate a huge sum of monies to enrich his personal pocket.”

He stated that after checks with members of the family, it was realized that Nii Laryea was only illegally selling their lands, as well as winning sand on the entire land to enrich himself.

"Nii Laryea on one occasion approached the members of the family that he was going to use his personal money to legally register land to prevent it from encroachers and we gave him green light and even promised him of a 10% offer. It later came to our realisation Nii Okai Laryea rather went to collect the money he used in registering the land from the Saviour Church of Ghana who were also illegally occupying a portion of our land after he was given his promised percentage," he disclosed.

The chief further stated that the family was then having 1,82.96 acres of land but the former MP officially registered just 769.39 due to encroachment after his 10% was freely given to him for his tireless efforts in securing the property for the family before his exposé.

"Nii Okai Laryea has also illegally registered 309 acres of the land in his company's name without the notice of the members of the family," he added.

He also said that the family is currently in court with Nii Okai Laryea to ensure that he officially renders an account to the family after his refusal to accept their invitation for accounting purposes.

The chief further described the action by Nii Okai Laryea as illegal, which goes a long way to create confusion among the seven gates that form the Fitii We.

According to the chief, while in court, Nii Okai Laryea has persistently been terrorizing members of the family with his team of landguards anytime they visit the land.

Meanwhile, all efforts to get in touch with Nii Okai Laryea, as at the time of filing this story, proved futile.

When he is ready to share his side of the story, we will be available to project his side of things as well.