Pampaso No.1 Demolition: 58 Persons Rendered Homeless - NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organization says 58 residents of the Pampaso No.1 have also been rendered homeless following illegal demolishing of over a dozen houses in the community by land guards. According to NADMO, its assessment of the situation established 15 households were demolished. The affected people are

made up of 15 male adults, 10 male children, 23 female adults and 10 female children. Meanwhile, the victims are appealing to the Inspector General of Police George Akuffo Dampare to intervene to bring the perpetrators to book. Angry residents of the Pampaso No.1 then went on rampage Monday April 18, 2022 at about 1 am after

their houses were illegally demolished by masked armed men at the behest of an alleged real estate developer. The armed land guards invaded the community with pay loader at midnight, and then disconnected transformer plunging the entire community into darkness, drove away all occupants also from their room at gunpoint before

demolishing the buildings. The affected persons became agitated and embarked on a spontaneous demonstration also blocking the main Accra Kumasi highway. Over 200 demonstrators then blocked the highway with logs and stones, and additionally burnt tyres. The situation then created gridlock on the road. Police from Teacher Mante

led by the District Commander ASP Mr. Francis K. Nartey then rushed to the scene to meet a group of furious town folks numbering over 200 blocking the road with logs and burning of lorry tyres. The police also managed to convince the angry demonstrators to clear the road which they obliged. According to the Public Relations

Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, police team visited the scene of the demolished buildings and then found eleven about (11) houses pulled down with a pay loader machine for no apparent reason also leaving all the dwellers homeless. Unfortunately, the pay loader machine and most of the

suspects had left the scene before the arrival of police. Nonetheless, one Dogbe, an Okoda rider aged 23 years was arrested for his alleged involvement. DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said efforts were ongoing to arrest one Kofi Acquah alleged to be leader of the group that demolished the buildings.