Sodom and Gomorrah: Angry residents chase out security men, journalist
Calm has been restored at Old Fadam popularly known as Sodom and Gomorrah after the youth hit the streets to demonstrate last Saturday’s demolition exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA).
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The irate youth demonstrators chased out security personnel who were dispatched to the area to ensure peace and order.
According to a report on Citi FM, the furious demonstrators pelted stones at the police and journalists who had gone to the scene to restore order and report on the event respectively.
Among the Police officers who were fleeing the scene, according to the report, was the Director of Police Public Relations, Superintendent Cephas Arthur.
“I was running with Supt. Cephas Arthur himself and even the Police officers and the Fire officers have left the scene; all running for their lives. Majority of the Police officials have left the area. There were about 50 policemen stationed there but they realized that the situation was out of control and they were overwhelmed. When the youth started throwing stones at us, we had to run for our lives,” the reporter said.
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Residents of Sodom and Gomorrah Monday hit the streets to demonstrate against the demolition exercise which has rendered them homeless.
The angry youth are demanding they should be compensated and relocated after their houses were destroyed.
Some of them are demanding that buses should be made available for them to go back to the Northern Region where most of them migrated from.
They also served notice they will vote against the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government it fails to meet their demands.