The police have closed the road in front of the
President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s, residence, leading to the De
Youngsters International School at Nima, Accra to traffic.
Residents and
other commuters who hitherto used that portion of the road would have to use the
rear of the house or other roads near the Nima roundabout.
The Nima
Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vance
Gariba, said the move had become necessary because the area had become a
security zone.
ACP Gariba said it was international practice that once a
presidential candidate is elected President, steps are taken to protect
him.
He said the National Security and State Protocol would ensure that
the area was secure.
ACP Gariba said petty traders, and vulcanisers, who
operate in front of the President-elect’s house, would also be relocated, adding
that they have already been spoken to, of plans to relocate them.
He said
the pavement along the President-elect’s house adjacent the Nima police station
had also been barricaded.
ACP Gariba appealed to the public, especially
commuters, traders and other road users, to bear with the
police.