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Chief
Justice gives squatters around court premises the boot
Ejisu (Ash), Dec 7, Ghanadot/GNA- The Chief Justice, Mrs
Theodora Georgina Woode, on Thursday ordered all traders
squatting around the Magistrates' court at Ejisu in the
Ashanti Region, to move with immediate effect to restore the
court's serene and decent environment.
The Chief Justice, who was at Ejisu as part of a duty tour
of the Region, gave the order after a brief closed-door
meeting with the judicial staff working at the court.
Deliberations of the meeting, was however not disclosed to
the media.
Mrs Woode, who was visibly not happy about the noisy
environment around the court, which had been dotted with
kiosks, tables and other structures, warned that failure to
comply with the order would be followed by a demolition
exercise to clear the precincts of all such structures.
She said it was illegal to trade or make noise around court
premises, which are supposed to be absolutely quiet to
facilitate smooth adjudication.
Ghana News Agency investigations later revealed that the
traders, some of whom sell cooked food, confectionery and
alcoholic drinks among others, had been there for more than
eight years despite earlier warnings to them to quit the
place.
GNA
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