- Prayer Palace International Church bought about four acres at Manet-Spintex in 2019
- A family later produced a Supreme Court judgment, and the church paid it atonement fees
- Land guards halted building work, and a Chinese national is now claiming the land
- Police referred the case to the Property Fraud Unit
Prayer Palace International Church in Ghana has appealed for help in a dispute over about four acres of land at Manet-Spintex, the Ghanaian Times reported, in a story republished on June 15, 2026.
The church bought the land from Samuel Kofi Diame in 2019. In 2020 the Numo Kofi Anum family of Tesa, Teshie, presented a Supreme Court judgment establishing its ownership, and the church began paying atonement fees to the family. More than 2,500 members contributed to the purchase.
About two weeks before the church’s press conference, alleged land guards stopped development work, disputing the church’s ownership. Church officials found that a Chinese national, unknown to the family, was claiming the land. “The church is worried, the church is agitated. They’ve contributed, they’ve bought land, they want to develop and a Chinese man without documentation, being supervised by Ghanaians, is invading a land that belongs to Ghanaians,” said Prophet Emmanuel Adjei.
Police referred the matter to the Property Fraud Unit and told both sides to stop work for a week. Church officials alleged that construction continued anyway.
The pattern of paying twice for the same land, first to a seller and then to a family with a stronger claim, will be familiar to anyone who has bought family land in Jamaica. Before a congregation raises money for land, it should have the title and the seller’s right to sell checked by a lawyer, and a surveyor should confirm the boundaries on the ground.
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