A man was shot and killed Monday morning by the police at Adenta in
Accra for wrestling with the police who were supervising the demolition
of unauthorized structures there.
Three others, suspected to be land guards were arrested.
They
were alleged to have lunged at the police with dangerous weapons in an
attempt to stop the demolition exercise being carried out by a private
developer at Aviation lands, Adentan in Accra.
The Commander of
the Alfa Swat Unit of the Ghana Police Service, Supt T. K. Hlormenu,
told Joy News' Francisca Kakra Forson, the police were left with no
choice than to defend themselves.
According to him, the police opened fire, leaading to the death of one.
The
Member of Parliament for Adentan Constituency, Emmanuel Nii Ashie
Moore, told Myjoyonlne.com’s David Andoh that the deceased is a son of
the chief of the area.
As early as 6am, excavators, led by armed
policemen entered the six hundred and forty acre land and proceeded to
demolish makeshift homes, kiosks, shops, and some churches.
Encroachers
run helter-skelter trying to move their belongings to safety as the
excavators broke down wooden structures and smashed metal containers.
Nii
Ashie Moore told reporters that he was upset by the manner in which the
exercise was being handled, saying such exercises must be carried out
humanely.
Permits produced by some residents which they claimed
were issued to them by the Adentan Municipal Assembly in March last year
were deemed to be of dubious validity.
Aggrieved residents told
Joy News, that although they had received notice of the demolition, they
ignored them because such notices in the past amounted to nothing.
The
Aviation lands have been earmarked to be developed as a business
district for people living in Adentan, Madina and their environs.
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