KUMASE PETTY TRADERS WAILS

KUMASE PETTY TRADERS WAILS... About 1,000 petty traders, mostly women, operating at the Adehyeman Gardens, near Kejetia in the central business district (CBD) of Kumasi, lost their sources of livelihoods when their shops, stalls and kiosks were demolished at dawn on Sunday.
The traders, looking miserable and bewildered, were seen wailing and cursing those who had carried out that act.
The land where the Adehyeman Gardens is situated is government property, but the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has denied any involvement in the demolition exercise.
Private developer:
Some of the traders who spoke to the Daily Graphic said the demolition exercise began at midnight and was completed at dawn on Sunday.
According to some of the women, one Nana Osei Tutu, who claims ownership of the land, had filed a suit against the traders in court in August 2013 to demand his land.
They said the court had adjourned the case to March this year and so they were at a loss as to how the man allegedly took the law into his hands to do such damage to their properties.
KMA denies knowledge
They blamed the KMA for the demolition exercise, but Mr Kojo Bonsu, the Chief Executive of the KMA, denied any prior knowledge of the exe.