A warehouse reportedly owned by Ghanaian enterprise mogul Dr Daniel McKorley, popularly often known as McDan, has been demolished by people alleged to be nationwide safety operatives. The incident occurred alongside the Spintex Street in Accra on the night of Monday, 28 July.
In keeping with a report by UTV Ghana, the demolition train befell round 7:00 p.m., although the explanations behind the operation stay unclear.
Within the report, a person claiming to be a employee on the warehouse recounted the second the alleged operatives arrived. He acknowledged that personnel believed to be from nationwide safety stormed the premises with bulldozers and demolished the constructing with out providing any rationalization.
He narrated:
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We had been right here once they got here with excavators and we begged them to permit us take out our gadgets from the warehouse as a result of that is the place we sleep, however they mentioned no and that it was too late.
He added:
They then proceeded to demolish the constructing, however after a while the machine obtained spoilt they usually introduced different ones to proceed the train. When one in every of my colleagues tried to video the incident, he was assaulted by the navy officers.
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One other eyewitness, who recognized himself because the safety man stationed on the warehouse, additionally recounted the occasions of the night time.
We had been right here round 6:28 when the troopers arrived with two pickups. We had no thought they had been right here to demolish the constructing. We begged them to permit us take our belongings and even our mattress, however they refused, saying it was too late. We later discovered a strategy to sneak out our mattress in the course of the demolition.
As of now, neither the Nationwide Safety Secretariat nor Dr McKorley has issued an official assertion to make clear the circumstances surrounding the demolition.
