Scores of traders have been displaced after a private developer barricaded a section of the Kejetia market, close to the railway line Monday morning, December 4, 2023.
The developer whose name has been given as Agya Osei is allegedly being supported by one Albert, a former staff of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), to secure the place for his private enterprise.
Agya Osei had earlier told Akoma FM that he secured the land from the Ghana Railway Authority.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly however, claims the developer has no license to develop the area.
“This is so painful. With few days to Christmas how do you expect my family to survive?” An affected trader queried with tears in her eyes.
Meanwhile, a private security man hired by the traders has gone missing.
“I can’t find my brother, since the landguards arrived, I don’t know whether he is still alive. We have informed the police,” brother of the missing security man told Akoma News.
Some traders have their wares destroyed by some landguards allegedly hired by the private developer.
The landguards were also captured on a video assaulting a trader.
The police is yet to intervene.
