Onion sellers at Agbogbloshie Market finally moved to Adjen Kotoku, today.

This is after the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, instructed the onion traders to relocate after over 20 years of plying their trade there.

This directive forms part of the Minister’s decongestion exercise dubbed ‘Let’s Make Accra Work.’

The traders have since protested the directive saying the new place is too small and can’t accommodate all of them.

Some aggrieved persons, according to reports, destroyed an office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and started burning tyres in protest.

Earlier today, a joint security task force was sent to the Market to ensure peace and protect the traders and their belongings from thieves.

The Operation’s Commander, DSP Kwesi Ofori, told JoyNews that the crowd controlling strategies implemented were necessitated by the actions of some “criminal elements” who tried to disrupt normal business in the area.

“It is a peaceful exercise that has been discussed and planned regarding the evacuation of onion traders from Agbogbloshie to Adjen Kotoku.

“The market women have fully cooperated and they are not even here currently, because they are even setting up at Adjen Kotoku. But it is some criminal elements that want to take advantage of the situation to mar the operation.

“You can see the security forces taking every step to protect the traders wherever they are. Some groups of criminals have intended to burn and disrupt their businesses and cause mayhem,” he added.