SHOP owners and residents within the Nungua traditional area who opened their shops or decided to conduct business on the 3rd on 4th of March were intimidated by irate youth.
According to the youth, they had the duty to ensure that residents in Nungua, Spintex and Lashibi and its environs all within Accra obeyed the curfew and funeral arrangement imposed following the death of the “Wulomo.”
Shop owners who defied them and opened their shops were harassed if the owner couldn’t pay an amount of Gh¢20.
A petty trader who was harassed by the thugs told Today that: “I thought the curfew ended today (3rd March) at dawn, but when I opened my shop, these boys came around and harassed me for money. They said I was disobeying their tradition.”
Another distraught trader, who gave his name as Mr. Kofi Agyemang, and sells phones at Estate junction, Sakumono, complained bitterly to Today.
“When I opened my shop this morning, they stormed in and took some of my phones. They claimed that the whole city was mourning so I can’t open my shop on the 3rd and 4th of March,” he remonstrated.
“I came all the way from Madina to open my shop only to meet some people who said they won’t let me open the shop unless I give them some money.”
Today also observed that shops, banks, fuel stations which were located along the Spintex road, Sakumono, Baatsonaa, Lashibi had all been closed.
A curfew was imposed from March 2nd, 2017 as part of the funeral arrangements for the priest and overload of the Ga-Dangbe State Gborbu.
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