The demolishing craze -Agro-chemical seller appeals to IGP

 Mampong (Ashanti Region) 29 April ?99

Mr Osei Bonsu, an Asante-Mampong Agro-chemicals seller, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Peter Nanfuri over the alleged demolition of his kiosk stocked with agro-chemicals by the Mampong District Assembly.

Mr Bonsu told the GNA at Mampong that the Assembly unlawfully ordered the demolition of the kiosk without his consent on September 11, 1997 and in the process caused damage to his property, which included large quantities of fertilisers, agro-chemicals and grinding stones, among other goods, estimated at five million cedis.

He claimed he lodged a complaint with Mampong police but up to now the police have done nothing about the case.

Mr Bonsu contended that the inaction of the police seems to suggest that some Ghanaians by virtue of their position are above the law.

The demolition of the kiosk, "my main source of income" had brought his children's education to a halt while "my marriage is on the verge of collapse", he said.

Mr Bonsu said he was appealing to the IGP to prevail upon the Mampong police to give the case the needed attention.

When Miss Beatrice Bio, the District Chief Executive was contacted, she denied ever authorising the assembly's workforce to demolish Mr Bonsu's kiosk, adding that the kiosk in question was rather demolished by the Sekyere West District Assembly.