Four individuals have suffered injuries following a violent clash between traders and members of the Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly’s task force during a decongestion initiative in the Kasoa Central Business District (CBD) on Wednesday, May 28.
The altercation occurred on the third day of the assembly’s decongestion operation, which is designed to clear pedestrian pathways of unauthorized structures.
While the first two days of the initiative proceeded without incident, tensions heightened when members of the Kasoa Phone Dealers Association opposed the removal of tents they had set up on the walkways. The situation escalated into chaos as the traders began throwing stones at the task force while they attempted to dismantle the tents. In the resulting turmoil, three members of the task force and one trader sustained injuries.
The violence resulted in a temporary blockage of the Kasoa-Bawjiase junction, disrupting vehicular traffic and raising public concern.
Order was eventually restored when officers from the Kasoa Divisional Police Command intervened, enabling the exercise to proceed.
Despite prior discussions between trade groups and the municipal assembly before the operation, members of the phone dealers association assert that they were not provided sufficient time to voluntarily dismantle their structures, a circumstance they claim contributed to the confrontation.
