[ 2014-09-20 ]

Court prevents Vanderpuije from razing structures at Osu
Residents along the Osu Castle and Osu Klottey
areas have secured an injunction preventing the
Accra Metropolitan Assembly from demolishing their
structures.

Residential buildings in the two communities were
marked for demolition Friday. A similar demolition
at Mensah Guinea, located behind the Accra Arts
Centre created a humanitarian situation there.

Accra Mayor Alfred Vanderpuije has blamed the
communities along the Osu beach for the outbreak
of cholera in Accra and has vowed to destroy the
structures.

But the residents said they would resist any
attempt to evict them from their settlements.

Spokesperson for the two communities, Nii
Otenkorang Ankrah told Joy News they are true
indigenes, who were born and bred in the area and
so they could not be evicted.

“If you are taking away the full stretch of the
Osu beach, it means that you are wiping away a
whole clan.”

He refuted claims by the AMA that residents of the
area contributed to the widespread of cholera in
the metropolis.

According to him, such claims are untrue and
without any merit.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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