It remains one of the oldest Zongo settlements in the country due to the events that led to the town's resettlement.

On arrival, they lived in James Town, Ga-Mashie, in a rented house, which is traceable till this day.

Mallam Garba also died in 1902, shortly after he had been re-instated as the Imam of Accra by the then Colonial Governor Sir Matthew Nathan.

The Hausas chose Alhaji Kadiri English, the Yorubas already had Chief Braimah, a popular businessman who was later married to a Tabom lady from the "Peregrino" family.

To solve the issue, the Gã Mantse decided to relocate the aggrieved Hausa people to a place few miles away, which was the first properly demarcated and mapped out Zongo community.