One dead, others injured over land demolition dispute at Akwatia Line in Kumasi
One person is reported dead of gunshot wounds on Wednesday morning at Akwatia Line, a suburb of Kumasi. Two others were severely injured after a demolition exercise supervised by police on a disputed land turned violent. An eyewitness account says a private developer, identified only as "Bossu," laying claim to a parcel of land occupied largely by traders, stormed the area with police officers to undertake a demolition of structures on the land. The traders resisted, arguing they had no prior notice of the exercise and had not been served with an eviction notice.
The parcel of land has been a subject of court litigation for some time now. Though the court is yet to rule on the ownership in court, traders woke up to the sight of a police team demolishing structures. A confrontation ensued between the police task force and agitated traders who vowed to resist the demolition. Ibrahim Alhassan is one of the leaders of the traders. At least four rounds of bullets were sighted at the scene after the confrontation. Traders accused police and private developers of being behind sporadic shootings. The demolition exercise has since left many traders homeless, with many goods worth thousands of cedis completely destroyed in the process.
Three persons have been arrested by the Manhyia District Police Command.
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Tensions flared at Akwatia Line in Kumasi between traders and a private developer over a land demolition exercise supervised by police - leading to chaos. The dispute over the land has been simmering for months, but this latest event may have changed everything.
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