- A clash between land guards and wood sellers at Taifa junction in Accra has resulted in the death of one person and injured others.
- The landowner, Muus Timber Market, is trying to evict the wood sellers from the area, but the sellers are not ready to move and have been protesting.
- On Wednesday morning, suspected land guards stormed the area to forcibly eject the wood sellers, with some armed with shots.
- The incident caused confusion and led to the wood sellers attacking the land guards and vandalizing their vehicles.
- The police later responded to restore calm, and some wood sellers claimed they have no place to go and have been paying rent to the landowner.
- The incident also caused a gridlock on the N6 Highway connecting Nsawam in the Eastern Region to Accra.
- On Wednesday morning, traffic was extremely congested along the Nsawam route in Accra, which runs from Pokuase to Achimota on the N6 expressway.
- Commuters traveling that length from their homes to work are frustrated and delayed by the unusually high traffic jam this morning.
- Through the Pokuase-Achimota section of the major N6 Highway, Nsawam in the Eastern Region is connected to Accra.
- By 9:30 am, there was still a lot of traffic, which was confusing the neighborhood.

Source:
Graphic Online