KMA demolition exercise at Asafo turns violent as squatters attack officials
A demolition exercise by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) at an illegal settlement behind COCOBOD at Asafo turned violent on Thursday after squatters attacked assembly officials and security personnel with stones and sticks.
The demolition forms part of KMA’s ongoing sanitation and decongestion campaign aimed at enforcing local sanitation by-laws and improving environmental conditions across the Kumasi Metropolis.
According to him, the illegal settlement poses a significant security and environmental threat to Kumasi.
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