Chaos broke out this morning during a decongestion exercise at the Kasoa Old Market, leading to a violent clash between traders and Assembly guards.
In the heat of the confrontation, a trader reportedly got injured.
In the viral video shared by Metro TV, the tension between the traders and the Assembly guards escalated turning bloody.
According to reports on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, following a clash between traders and a task force in Kasoa, five individuals were injured.
Despite initial engagement with leaders, the traders defied the directive, prompting authorities to proceed with the exercise.
Meanwhile, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) began its major decongestion exercise on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
The AMA task forces, accompanied by the Ghana Police Service, carried out operations to dismantle makeshift stalls, and unauthorised kiosks, and remove vendors from pavements and roadsides across key parts of the Central Business District.
They revealed that the operation which will last for 2 weeks is to enforce city bylaws, ease congestion, and ensure the safe movement of both pedestrians and vehicles.
Linda Ocloo, the Greater Accra Regional Minister has stated traders who flout the decongestion directive will be fined ₵2000.
Linda Ocloo touring the CBD during the operation stated, “We are going to activate our task force to work 24 hours. They are going to draw a red line on the road, so with this, when you cross the line, you have a fee to pay, which is 1500gh, maximum 2000gh.
We are going to make sure that we have leaders in all the markets who will be monitoring, aside from the task force, and make sure that the right things are being done.”
The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the AMA, Michael Kpakpo Allotey also in a press conference on Tuesday, May 20, stated, “This exercise is not a nine-day wonder; we are on the street till we make sure that the roads are clear. We are not done.
For the next hour, we are going back to the street. From here we are going to Circle, and if there is more strength, we will go to Kaneshie. Then we continue tomorrow,” the Mayor stated.
Watch the video below:
🚨 Tension at Kasoa!
Chaos broke out this morning during a decongestion exercise at the Kasoa Old Market, leading to a violent clash between traders and Assembly guards. In the heat of the confrontation, a trader reportedly got injured.#MetroNews pic.twitter.com/LJFROM8ieH
— Metro TV Ghana (@metrotvgh) May 29, 2025
