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Live: Monday morning demo over Adentan highway deaths underway

A government statement signed by three ministers including a cabinet minister has proved insufficient in assuring residents at Adentan and Madina that a deadly highway will be made pedestrian-friendly.

Monday morning has began with residents there making good their promise to demonstrate over the deadly highway that claimed another teenager life last Thursday.

Read: Adenta-Madina footbridge demo gets police clearance

Three days after, you would think the well of anger is dry. Joy News checks at Adentan shows it is not. Scores began chanting, warming up to a morning of protest.

Highway demo

Myjoyonline.com provides live coverage.

Joy News presenter reports about a 100 protesters have hit the streets. They began at West Africa High School the deadly site where the latest victim, a teenage student of the school died last Thursday.

Read: Heavy police presence as Adenta prosecutes planned protest

Some of the protesters want to march to Madina. But some of their leaders want to stop at Adentan SDA junction.

A police blockade awaits them at SDA Junction the junction where a 33-year old woman was knocked down and killed some nine days ago.

Adentan-Madina highway

 

Source: myjoyonline

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