{"id":127175,"date":"2015-06-22T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=127175"},"modified":"2015-06-22T14:18:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T14:18:46","slug":"parts-of-state-house-vandalised-by-angry-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=127175","title":{"rendered":"Parts of State House vandalised by angry protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The entrance of the State House and some vehicles within the premises were vandalised by some angry residents of Old Fadama in Accra on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127190\" style=\"width: 587px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127190 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0088.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150622-WA0088\" width=\"587\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0088.jpg 587w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0088-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The glass of a brand new bus meant for the Bus Rapid Transit project was smashed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The angry residents are protesting the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/20\/sodom-and-gomorrah-demolishing-underway-photos\/#sthash.3nZ2eYth.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>demolition exercise<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>which took place at Old Fadama in Accra over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-127186 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0084.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150622-WA0084\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0084.jpg 440w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0084-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ikUJOwro1EhrMJH0ZhejfL2Ht7BekaH2&#8243;]Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Kojo Agyeman who was present at the scene reported that the protesters destroyed some of the flower pots at the main entrance of the Parliament House.<\/p>\n<p>They also peeled off the coat of arms at the entrance of the State House and proceeded to smash the windows of some of the buses yet to be distributed for Bus Rapid Transit project.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of structures were pulled down to make way for the dredging of the Odaw River and the Korle Lagoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127189\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127189 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0087.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the protesters collapsed during the protest\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0087.jpg 440w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150622-WA0087-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the protesters collapsed during the protest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The residents who have been rendered homeless say they must be compensated.<\/p>\n<p>Kojo Agyeman reported that the protestors marched to the State House to demand to speak with President John Mahama \u201cbecause they say he is a brother of theirs and he gave the directive to the AMA [Accra Metropolitan Assembly] to demolish their structures last Saturday and they are expressing their anger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Police are trying to calm them down. They are trying to get onto the stair case at the Sate Banquet Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entrance of the State House and some vehicles within the premises were vandalised by some angry residents of Old Fadama in Accra on Monday. The angry residents are protesting the demolition exercise which took place at Old Fadama in Accra over the weekend. 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