Ex-police officer colonises road

A retired Deputy Commissioner of Police who single-handedly tarred a road passing in front of his house at Dansoman in Accra has blocked the road.

The Spectator, which carried the story, says Mr J.A. Adams have taken the action because he footed the entire bill for tarring the road, and he also does not want to be disturbed by vehicles plying the road at night when he is asleep.

"The Spectator" received a call from an anonymous person last week Monday and acted swiftly by going to Mr Adams' house with the assemblyman Alex Bruce-Appiah, to verify the allegation on Wednesday, October 3.

Erected pillars were used to block the road and the Spectator says when Mr Adams was questioned, he said that the road was blocked since 1979 and that, the road is a cul-de-sac, that ended only at the gate of his home.

When pressed further, Mr Adams said the reporter and the Assemblyman should go to the Lands Department or State Housing Corporation to ascertain whether the road was thoroughfare or a cul-de-sac.

He, however, said, he was prepared to open up the road by removing the pillars only if the A.M.A. would help the residents to tar the other side of the road.