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Nana Bosoma central market turns « Sodom and Gomorrah »


  23 Janvier      83        Société (44861),

 

By Dennis Peprah, GNA

Sunyani, Jan. 23, GNA – The influx of drinking bars, and smoking joints, around the Nana Bosoma Market in the Sunyani Municipality is contributing to alarming rate of criminal activities around the central market enclave.

The enclave could be likened to the ancient biblical city of « Sodom and Gomorrah » because of the unscrupulous and illegal social activities that go on around the market at nights.

When the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited the market, a number of drinking spots were sighted, whilst other new ones were also springing up.

The enclave is gradually turning into a slum as squatters and drug addicts have invaded and perching in unauthorised structures.

Clandestinely, the squatters use many of these structures as brothels as commercial sex work involving teenagers soar during weekends.

The market area is noted for criminal activities and young men stopover, have fan and patronise the commercial sex workers at odd hours.

The GNA investigations revealed that robbery and burgling were rife in the market area because of the poor lighting and security situation.

Because the market area is a « den and hideout » for criminals in the Municipality, robbers trapped and attacked market women and traders, collect their monies, mobile phones and personal belongings at night.

These criminal activities, the GNA learnt goES on during Tuesdays, as the unsuspecting victims – market women, traders, and buyers arrived at the central market to prepare for market activities on Wednesday which is the main market.

Taxi drivers are also not left out of the alleged attacks as the robbers picked and robbed them at gun point in the market\area.

Meanwhile, the alcoholics, drug addicts and peddlers have turned the market into an open defecation area, messing up, and worsening the sanitary condition in the market.

Traders and residents around therefore, appealed to the city authorities and security agencies to intervene and possibly disband the Indian hemp smoking and peddling joints in the area to make life comfortable to them.

Jocelyn Anima, a student resident around the market confirmed to the GNA she was attacked by some unidentified young men last weekend when she was returning from lectures.

She said the incident happened around 2100 hours when she was returning from night studies and her attackers succeeded and made away with her two mobile phones, laptop computer and a wrist watch.

According to another victim, Cecilia Osei Agyemang, some two young men attacked her, pulled a knife and snatched her mobile and purse.

They appealed to the Sunyani Municipal Assembly to improve on lighting and security situation in the market area to help protect lives and properties.
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