The toll booth at Fiapre near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region was set ablaze last Friday moments after the announcement of the results of the presidential election.bWorkers at the booth according to eyewitnesses were chased away before it was set ablaze.
It is believed that hundreds of cedis got burnt during the incident.
When Graphic Online’s Sunyani correspondent, Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah visited the scene, a piece of a burnt GHc50 note was seen among the debris left as a result of the burning of the booth.
A bread seller at the booth told Graphic Online that the amount burnt might run into hundreds of cedis since children gathered pieces of cedis in different denominations.
Drivers plying the Sunyani-Berekum route are having a field day since no worker is currently at post to collect tolls.
Petty traders
Petty traders at the booth who spoke to Graphic Online condemned the act explaining that their business had gone down.
"No car is stopping for commuters to buy from us, we are really suffering".
While some people are accusing supporters of the NPP for burning the booth, a passerby accused supporters of NDC for burning the place.
Meanwhile, Graphic Online has picked up information that an assemblyman at Dumasua, near Sunyani believed to be the brain behind the act has been picked up by the police to assist them in their investigations into the matter.
The police will, however, not deny or confirm the information.
Source: Daily Graphic
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A PARTY THAT CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE EC TO DECLARE WINNER OF THE ELECTIONS, A PARTY THAT CAN NOT WAIT TO BE SWORN INTO OFFICE, THIS IS WHAT DESPERATION CAN DO. YOU WANT POWER, NOW YOU HAVE IT AND LOOK AT THE WAY YOU ARE BEHAVING. DESPERATE FOR POWER, YET CAN NOT PERFORM.
They behave like their Akufo Addo.This is the beginning.
Why would npp burn the booth WITH the money? Ndc did this out of rage and to make sure the incoming government would be cash strapped. This doesn't make sense!
The police should not let this go just as other criminal acts in the past. They should investigate thoroughly because for all you know the same people working did it to get away with the monies.
IF DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES IS GIVEN MORE AUTONOMY TO OPERATE MANY OF THIS ***barred word*** REACTIONS WOULD STOP. THEY MUST BE MADE RESPONSIBLE OF COLLECTING SUCH FEES AND BE GIVEN A PERCENTAGE. DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES ARE ELECTED TWO YEARS AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTIONS SO THEY WILL BE IN POSITION TO DEAL WITH SUCH PROBLEMS.
what kind of insanity is this act. Govt come and govt go, so why burning state properties just because your party loose in national election. I can assure you that nana addo does not stand for these foolishness and will not allow this lawlessness to continue. Nana addo" I believed in Ghana, so why all these animalism.
THIS IS THE WORK OF NDC MONKEYS
This is just the tip of the iceberg. If you elect a violent dwarf as your president, this is what you get. Brace yourself up for more for that is the stock in trade of the dwarf called Akufo Addo.
So what is Ghana police doing?
LET THE POLICE INVESTIGATE THIS DEEPLY. NDC CAN DO IT AND BLAME IT IN NPP. HAS THERE BEEN CHOP CHOP THERE? THEY WILL BURN ALL VITAL AND IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT THE BATTLE IS STILL THE LORD'S. GHANA POLICE, PLEASE RISE UP. THE ELECTIONS WAS NOT COUP.