A Kumasi Circuit Court has placed an injunction on the Ghana Armed Forces, restraining it from evicting residents occupying bungalows of the defunct Kumasi Shoe Factory at Atonsu-Agogo, to pave the way for the operation of the Defence Industries Holding Company Limited (DIHOC) The military have described the residents as squatters and given them up to October 8, 2011 to quit in their own interest to avoid any embarrassment.” The military at an emergency meeting with the 'squatters' on September 30, said they would post a security guard at the entrance to the premises with a note book to take the particulars of all those who enter the premises and the purpose for which they do so. However, at the sitting of the Court on Wednesday, the Judge, Justice R.M. Kudjapor, granted a 10-day injunction against the Ministry of Defence through its soldiers, agents or assigned officers from enforcing the eviction of the residents on October 8. That according to James Marshall Belieb, counsel for the residents, “means that for the next 10 days from today, the Armed Forces cannot carry out any ejection exercise.” He said after the 10 days, a new motion would be filed to seek a further injunction until the court determined whether the Armed Forces had the right to evict the residents or not. It is recalled that, the Armed forces earlier gave the residents up to August 12, to quit, but later changed it to October 30. This date was again changed to October 8, when the residents contended that there had not been any official correspondence from the Army to that effect, to them.