Organisers of “Eid bash” had no permit to use Community Centre

Effah

July 7, 2016 5:35 PM

9 people died during a jam to climax the Eid celebrations at Asawase in the Ashanti region.

The Divisional Police Commander of Manhyia Supt. Samuel Adane Ameyaw says the organizers of the Eid jam that left 9 people dead and several others injured had no permit to organize the event at the Asawase Community Center.

Nine people died during a jam to climax the Eid celebrations at Asawase in the Ashanti region. Usually the police are informed of such programmes and the venue before they happen, but the police say they did not have prior knowledge about such an event in the community.

Speaking on Accra based Unique FM Supt. Ameyaw said the organizers agreed with the Asokwa-Mampong Municipal Assembly to hold the event at a different venue, where it was agreed for them to close at 7:30pm. He said “according to the arrangement with Asokwa-Mampong Municipal together with the other stakeholders of the program, they said they should close by 7:30pm and by 8pm they should have removed all their instruments so that there won’t be any problems”.

But the organisers and patrons of the programme did not adhere to the agreement they had with the Municipal Assembly, they stayed on at the original venue even after 8pm. It took the police to disperse the group at about 9pm.

Supt Ameyaw said the police and the Municipal Assembly had no idea they were relocating to the Asawase Commuinty Center.

“Even the police did not know that they were relocating to that place (Asawase Community Center). Because earlier on they had some canopy where they were doing it. They were asked to close by 7:30pm, but they did not listen to that, they went beyond that and they wanted to stay till whatever time. Again the Municipal Assembly is also crying wolf this morning that they did not have any program to be done at the Asawase Community Centre as far as they know as authorities”.

Meanwhile, investigations have begun into the incident, and the police in Asawase have banned all activities at the Asawase Community Centre until further notice.

Effah