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  • Ghana rated 8th in top 14 countries with the best police force in Africa

    The World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI) has released the 2020 report of the top 14 African countries with the best police service.

    According to the report, Bostwana has the best police force in Africa while Rwanda and Algeria ranked second and third on the handful list of 14 countries.

    The 2020 WISPI report was proposed by Mamdooh Abdelmottlep and designed by experts across the world.

    In a tweet by Africa Facts Zone, Ghana made the ranking in the eighth position, while South Africa, Morocco, and Mali are number nine, 10, and 11 on the list.

    See the full list below:

    1. Botswana 2. Rwanda 3. Algeria 4. Senegal 5. Tunisia 6. Egypt 7. Burkina Faso 8. Ghana 9. South Africa 10. Morocco 11. Mali 12. Sudan 13. Malawi 14. Burundi

     

    Source: pulse.com.gh

     

  • Help identify relatives of 4 accident victims – Police

    The Ghana Police Service has appealed to the public to help identify the relatives of four accident victims who were unconscious when they were brought to their facility.

    The victims, all males, on admission at the hospital are between the ages of 30 and 58 years were accident victims found unconscious.

    They are Kwadwo Ahe Mensah, one Yaw, Albert Ankrah and one person yet to be identified.

    The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Police Hospital, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Yaw Nketia-Yeboah told the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday they were brought to the facility since May this year.

    He said the hospital has on admission the victims whose relations are unknown

    DSP Nketia-Yeboah said Mensah, who was suspected to have been knocked down by an unidentified vehicle was brought to the hospital by police from Adenta on May 10, 2020.

    He said Mensah told the police he has relatives at Kotorkroba in Cape Coast

    The Police PRO said Yaw was brought to the facility by Mile 7 Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) personnel, adding that he was suspected to have been knocked down by a hit and ran vehicle on June 12, 2020.

    “He claims that he lives at Dome in Accra and a credit transfer seller known as Abass in Taifa is his brother, whilst his mother sells at Taifa market”, he added.

    He said Ankrah was brought to the hospital by personnel from Kwabenya District Police who found him on the floor unconscious on June 22, 2020, and sent to Tiafa Polyclinic, and was later transferred to the Police Hospital.

    DSP Nketia-Yeboah said on June 24, 2020, the fourth unidentified patient believed to be a victim of attack was found unconscious with bruises all over his body at the East Airport area.

    He said he was sent to the hospital by the Ghana Ambulance personnel for treatment.

    The PRO appealed to the public to assist the police identify the four people on admission.

    Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh

  • IGP visits Police training camp at Huhunya

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh has visited the Police Counter Terrorism Enactment and Concentrating Camp at Huhunya in the Eastern Region, to observe in-service training of 234 Police Officers and 61 Immigration Officers in public order management and other skills, as part of preparation towards the upcoming elections.

    He commended the Training Coordinator, Chief Superintendent Mr Raymond Adofiem and the other instructors for the good work.

    He also urged the trainees to take the training seriously to enable them to perform professionally in the discharge of their duties.

    Mr. Oppong-Boanuh paid the visit on 26th June 2020.

    He was accompanied by the Director-General National Operations, DCOP/Mr. Kwaku Boadu-Peprah and the Eastern Regional Police Commander, DCOP/Mr. Afful Boakye Yiadom.

     

    Source: Class FM

  • Greater Accra police unaware of newly installed CCTV cameras across the capital

    Police in Greater Accra have disclosed that they are not aware of the mounting of new public CCTV cameras in several parts of the capital.

    Over the past weeks, newly installed CCTV cameras have been seen across town, notably, Mamprobi, Laterbiokoshie and its environs.

    The CCTV cameras which is common in most countries is used to increase surveillance in communities and to curb the upsurge of crimes in society.

    Ahead of the December polls, this could be a strategy by the police to monitor any activity which may compromise the elections.

    Residents and commuters have expressed worry about the new technological developments, citing insecurity.

    According to them they have been left on the fence since there has not been any official explanation to the reason for mounting the CCTV cameras.

    When GhanaWeb reached the Greater Accra Police PRO, Afia Tenge for clarification, she denied knowledge of such developments in the capital.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Two dead, policeman sustains severe injuries after open gun battle

    Two suspected armed robbers died during an open fire combat between the robbers and the police at Santasi a suburb of the Greater Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital.

    Through the confrontation, a policeman sustained severe injuries.

    Four of the suspected armed robbers are said to have escaped with wounds, DCOP Agyemang Agyem, Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander revealed at a news conference on Wednesday morning June 10, 2020.

    Background

    The Ashanti Regional Police Command on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, acting upon intelligence that a group of armed robbers noted for car snatching and other robberies in the Ashanti region that especially attack and rob gold dealers and mining sites were preparing to embark on another robbery expedition.

    A team of police officers from the regional command were dispatched to foil and arrest the suspects.

    The officers on their way met a black BMW saloon car with registration number GR 7615-15 with about six persons on board. In an attempt to escape, the robbers opened fire at the police officers upon seeing them approaching their direction.

    The police retaliated which resulted in the death of two of the suspected robbers.

    A police officer sustained serious injuries and was rushed to hospital but his condition according to the deputy Ashanti regional police commander is stable while the deceased are at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for autopsy.

    Meanwhile, the remaining suspects who are believed to have sustained gun shots wounds abandoned their vehicle and escaped.

    An immediate search in the vehicle revealed 1 SMG Rifle loaded with 7 rounds of ammunition and 1 SIG SAUER SP2022 pistol also loaded with 11 rounds of ammunition.

    The BMW car and the weapons have been kept at the Regional Police Headquarters as exhibits.

    These suspects are according to the Deputy Regional Police Commander are suspected to be Fulani armed robbers who masterminded the Manaso Dadiease robbery where three persons including the driver of Amansie Soth DCE was killed.

    The general public is encouraged to volunteer information that will lead to the arrest of the remaining four escaped suspects.

     

    Source: Atinka FM

  • Bulldog reportedly arrested over unhealthy remarks against the Ghana Police Service

    Artiste manager, Hanson Asamoah known as Bulldog has been reportedly arrested over derogatory comment about Ghana police service.

    The popular entertainment pundit who doubles as an artiste Manager disrespected the police service during an interview on Okay Fm.

    According to the loudmouth commentator, he explained that his 9 month old daughter has knowledge and smarter than the law enforcement agency.

    His unhealthy comment about the police came up after his encounter with police personnel sometime back.

    Our sources reveals that he was picked up by the police and still in the grips of the police service.

    He has however been instructed to retract his unhealthy comment which was spewed and signed a bond not to repeat such statement.

    Source: ghgossip.com

  • My nine-months-old baby is wiser than Ghana Police Service Bulldog claims

    Artiste manager, Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson, popularly known as Bulldog has asserted on Okay FM’s Best entertainment show hosted by Halifax Ansah Addo that his nine months old baby is wiser than the Ghana Police service.

    Monitored by Sammykaymedia.com, the tough speaking manager explaining his reason for his statement said the Ghana Police service did not carry out a proper investigation before charging him as a suspect with the murder of Fennec Okyere, former manager of Kwaw Kese.

    Though the court acquitted and discharged him, he stated that, because of the shoddy investigation conducted by the Police service, his image has badly been affected to the extent of losing business contracts.

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    Source: SammyKay Media

  • Prampram Police Chief Inspector collapses and dies

    News reaching MyNewsGh.com indicates that a female Police Chief Inspector stationed at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region has collapsed and died.

    It is gathered that Chief Inspector Patience Ayivor aged 54 who is the Prampram Station Officer complained of ill health at home and was rushed to Prampram Polyclinic but collapsed and died on arrival.

    Her body has since been conveyed and deposited at the Police Hospital morgue for preservation awaiting autopsy.

     

    Source: My News GH

  • Police Chief killed by coronavirus buried in Koforidua

    The Senior Police Officer who died from Coronavirus in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has been buried.

    He was interned Saturday at the public Cemetery in Koforidua by Environmental Health personnel from the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly.

    The Environmental Health personnel wearing full Personnel Protective Equipment took the body from the Eastern Regional Hospital morgue after few bereaved family members were allowed to view the body from afar to bid him farewell.

    The New Juaben South Municipal Environment Health Officer Emmanuel Tetteh confirmed to Starr News.

    “We were in full regalia. it was successful. Everything was done under strict hygienic condition. It was done according to WHO protocols. I have handled infectious bodies for long time so this is not my first time just that this is a different disease,” Tetteh told Starr News.

    The 55-year-old Chief Inspector who was the Station Officer in Charge in Koforidua Central Police Station died from Covid-19 on Friday, May 29,2020.

    He died while on admission at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua for few days having visited the Police Clinic in Koforidua and Newland Hospital a private facility.

    Koforidua has recorded 24 cases of Coronavirus with one recovery and one death.

    Out of the national case count of 9,462, Eastern Regional has recorded 163 cases.

     

    Source: Starr FM

  • Police Administration bids farewell to four commissioners

    The Police Administration has organised a farewell ceremony for four of their Commissioners as they proceed on retirement upon attaining age 60, as mandated by the Constitution.

    They are Mr Prosper Kwame Agblor, Mr David Nenyi Ampah Bennin, Mr Alex Amponsah-Asiamah and Mr Simon Yaw Afeku.

    At the short ceremony, held at the Police Headquarters, in Accra, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) praised the Commissioners for their hard work and commitment to the Police Service and the nation.

    “The Police Service is proud of these Commissioners and wishes them the best as they start another journey in life,” an official statement released by the Public Affairs Directorate stated.

    He decorated the retired Commissioners with Distinguished Service Medals and presented citation plaques to them on behalf of the Police Management Board.

     

    Source: GNA

  • Police still on manhunt for Facebook fraudsters who impersonated Ministers and other public officers

    National security operatives are still on a manhunt for a Nigerian Facebook fraudster for impersonating public officers and duping some people worth thousands of cedis.

    According to the state prosecutor Prince Joel together with his wife who is in the grips of the national security created multiple Facebook accounts pretending to recruit people into state agencies.

    Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and Foreign Minister, Ayorkor Botwe were among the few whose names were used to perpetuate the crime.

    Prosecutor on the case Fredrick Sarpong says so far 10 victims have reported the case the police and assisting with investigations.

    Vivian Sadija Imran, a 31-year-old trader was arrested from her home in Ashaiman.

    Officials of the National Security found six mobile phones, three mobile money numbers.

    Victims who have fallen prey to the activities of these fraudsters have been encouraged to make official complaints to the Police.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Ashaiman police being tested for Covid-19 after inmates test positive

    Officers at the Ashaiman Police command are undergoing tests after 11 more inmates tested positive for Covid-19.

    Two weeks ago, 54 inmates were randomly tested by health officials at the Ashaiman cells and 10 of which proved positive.

    The new numbers bring the tally of positive cases to 21.

    The inmates have been isolated at a facility at Twibleo also in the Ashaiman area.

    Following the developments, the Authorities have taken measures to avert further spread.

    Authorities say they are still awaiting the results of 33 persons tested.

    The situation has forced authorities to take action before the virus spreads to all officials.

    In doing so, officials have stopped admitting new inmates to the Ashaiman cells.

    Instead, they are dispatching incoming suspects to three new cells at different locations at Community 22, Ashaiman North and Middle East.

    The testing of officers is being done in batches to know their status.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • No police officer in Eastern region has coronavirus Regional Commander

    Eastern Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Afful Boakye Yiadom, has revealed that none of his officers in the region has contracted the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) disease.

    “No infection has also been recorded among the prisoners in our custody,” he added.

    DCOP Boakye Yiadom was speaking during the launch of the disinfection and fumigation exercise of police facilities in his region.

    According to him, the command has strictly adhered to all the safety protocols since the outbreak of Covid-19.

    That, he said, was to ensure a Covid-19 free of his officers, their families, and inmates in the various cells throughout the region.

    “I am, therefore, confident that the fumigation and disinfection exercise which is about to start in all our facilities will further enhance our protection against the virus,” he gladly expressed.

    The exercise, he disclosed, will be carried out in all the regional headquarters formations, eight divisions, thirty-five (35) districts, and one hundred and six (106) police stations including various cells across the region.

    In this regard, DCOP Boakye Yiadom said police officers in the region have been directed to allow Zoomlion Ghana Limited easy access to their facilities.

    For his part, the Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour, whose speech was read on his behalf by his Deputy, Samuel Nuertey Ayertey, stressed the need for residents in the region to take the Covid-19 safety protocols serious.

    He intimated that the Covid-19 disease was real, adding that “the best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the Covid-19 virus, its causes and how it spreads.”

    According to him, the region has recorded 118 cases with 88 recoveries as of Wednesday, May 27, 2020.

    He said the virus that causes Covid-19 infects people of all ages.

    “However, evidence to date suggests that two groups of people are at a higher risk of getting severe Covid-19 disease.”

    These, he said, were older people (above age 60) and those with underlying medical conditions.

    Public Jobs Manager, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Eastern Region, Faustina Shardey, explained that the collaboration between the Ghana Police Service and her outfit was crucial, especially as the police were one of the frontline workers in the Covid-19 fight.

    She said the company will use six days to disinfect police facilities in the region.

     

    Source: Kasapa FM

  • Armed robber injured in shootout with police as 3 others escape in Gbongbonduri

    A 21-year-old suspected armed robber has been injured in a shootout with police officers on escort duty at Gbongbonduri near Tuna in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region.

    Three others, who are said to be herdsmen are currently on the run and are being pursued by the regional police command.

    In a telephone interview with JoyNews, ASP Degraft Armah Adjei of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Divisional Command said, attacks on private and commercial vehicles by armed robbers have been rampant in the area.

    This he said has been giving his men sleepless nights.

    He said measures were subsequently put in place to protect motorists and other commercial drivers, which led to the attacks shifting to operators of cargo trucks.

    ASP Degraft Armah Adjei of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Divisional Command

    He said luck eluded the armed robbers when personnel escorting a cargo truck from Tuna to Sawla, encountered the four suspected armed robbers who opened fire on them around the outskirts of Gbongbonduri.

    “The police also returned fire and Yakubu Musah who is a resident of Tuna was shot.

    “His right thigh got injured and he is currently on admission at the Sawla Hospital under police guard. His single-barreled gun was also retrieved,” he said.

    ASP Degraft Armah Adjei assured motorists of their safety saying they are ready to weed out criminals from the area.

     

     

  • Police commended for role in COVID-19 fight

    Personnel of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) have been commended for the various roles they are playing in ensuring the safety of Ghanaians and the enforcement of the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

    The Chief Director of the Northern Regional Coordinating Council (NORCC), Alhaji Alhassan Issahaku, who gave the commendation, said personnel of the service had played critical roles since Ghana recorded its first case of COVID-19 and their contribution towards the fight against the pandemic needed to be recognised.

    Exercise

    Alhaji Issahaku was speaking at the start of the fumigation and disinfection exercise of all police facilities across the Northern, Savannah and North East regions that began at the Northern Regional Police Headquarters in Tamale on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

    The exercise formed part of measures put in place by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

    The exercise being undertaken by Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company, will see all police stations, offices and cells disinfected, while barracks will be fumigated to get rid of all insects, rodents and other micro-organisms likely to spread the virus.

    Alhaji Issahaku, who represented the Northern Regional Minister and Chairman of the Regional Security Council (RCC), Mr Salifu Saeed, said the exercise was to step up efforts to prevent the spread of the virus and to recognise the important role the security agencies had played so far towards the fight against the pandemic.

    Commendation

    The Northern Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr Timothy Y. Bonga, welcomed the exercise and expressed his appreciation to Zoomlion for undertaking such an exercise.

    “We are one of the agencies that are so much involved in trying to make sure that people are safe and secure against this COVID-19 pandemic, and so our people need to be very strong to be able to ensure that they carry out their legitimate duties of enforcing the restrictions to ensure that we are all safe,” he stated.

    COP Bonga thanked the Police Administration and the government for making their facilities safe so that they could work to deliver what was expected of them.

    He urged all residents of the region to continue to abide by the safety protocols and the restrictions, saying “when we come after you for violating the restrictions, it is not that we hate you but because we love you and want you to stay alive and contribute your quota to the development of this country”.

    The General Manager of Savanna Waste Limited, a subsidiary of Zoomlion, Mr Peter Dawuni, said their doors were open to all individuals and corporate organisations that wanted to disinfect their homes and premises against the spread of COVID-19.

    Accra disinfection

    Meanwhile, the General Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr Morgan Acquah, said the company would complete the disinfection of all 105 police facilities in the Greater Accra Region by next week Thursday.

    He said the exercise was key to ensuring the safety of people who visited the police stations.

    Mr Acquah said this when ZGL disinfected the Dansoman, Mamprobi and Korle Bu police stations in Accra yesterday.

    It saw the disinfection of counters, cells and offices, among other places.

    He said the chemical being used, chlorine, was safe and not harmful to humans.

    At the three police stations, the district commanders — Chief Superintendent Daniel Jeffery Darko, Cephas Arthur and DSP Cephas Edjeani, commended Zoomlion for undertaking the exercise, adding that it would go a long way to ensure the safety of personnel and visitors.

    In addition to adhering to all the protocols, they said they had put in place measures to ensure social distancing at the various cells by reducing the number of inmates.

    According to them, only persons who had engaged in serious offences were kept in the cells.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Ongoing police recruitment advertisement is fake – Police

    The Police Administration has called on the public to treat with contempt the ongoing enlistment advertisement into the Service on social media, saying that it is fake.

    “The Ghana Police Service wishes to state that the Police Service is not advertising recruitment nor undertaking fresh recruitment processes”.

    Superintendent of Police Mrs Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman, Director of Public Affairs, made these known in a release which was made available to the Ghana News Agency.

    She said “Police recruitment exercises are first published in the major dailies, at least the “Daily Graphic” and “Ghanaian Times” newspapers prior to the start of the recruitment processes”.

    “Presently, Police recruits who started training in February this year, at the various Police training schools at Accra, Koforidua, Ho, Kumasi and Pwalugu are in training undergoing the scheduled training exercises,” it said.

    The release debunked the assertion that the Police is in breach of the law in the ongoing training of Police recruits in accordance with law, and that Regulation 4 of the extended

    Imposition of Restrictions (Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic) Instrument, 2020 [E.I. 64] exempts “Security Services” including the Ghana Police Service from restrictions under the regulations.

    “The Police Administration has, however, put in place sufficient measures to ensure social distancing maintained between and among recruits. These are in addition to enhanced hygiene procedures directed by the President of Ghana, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,” it said.

    It said adequate measures have also been put in place to sufficiently manage any issue of COVID-19 that may arise at any of the Police training facilities.

    “The Police Administration further assures parents, guardians and the public that the health and safety of Police Recruits and Police Officers amid COVID-19 remains paramount.”

    The release asked members of the public to verify if the Police Service was recruiting or not, through Police Toll-free number 18555 or the National Unified Code 112.

    “In addition, the public is encouraged to report any person(s) who make false claims of recruitment to the nearest Police Station for arrest and prosecution,” it stated.

    Source: GNA

  • Police Service justifies training of recruits amidst COVID-19 outbreak

    The Ghana Police Service has justified its decision to resume the training of recruits amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

    According to the service, the action does not violate the Executive Instrument on the imposition of restrictions.

    There have been concerns over the resumption of training by some security agencies despite the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.

    Many have said that such exercises are recipes for an outbreak of the virus at the training centres but the Police Service is giving assurances that nothing of the sort will occur.

    A statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Sheilla Abayie Buckman, said the service has put in adequate measures to ensure that the recruits are safe.

    Read the statement below:

    1. The Police Administration has cited fake advertisements of ongoing enlistment or recruitment into the Ghana Police Service and wishes to state that the Police Service is not advertising recruitment nor undertaking fresh recruitment processes.

    2. Police recruitment exercises are first published in the major dailies, at least the “Daily Graphic” and “Ghanaian Times” newspapers prior to the start of the recruitment processes.

    3. Presently, Police Recruits who started training in February this year, at the various Police training schools at Accra; Koforidua; Ho; Kumasi and Pwalugu are in training undergoing the scheduled training exercises.

    4. Contrary to speculations by some persons that Police is in breach of the law, the ongoing training of Police Recruits is in accordance with law. Regulation 4 of the extended Imposition of Restrictions (Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic) Instrument, 2020 [EI 64] exempts “Security Services” including the Ghana Police Service from restrictions under the regulations.

    5. The Police Administration has however put in place sufficient measures to ensure social distancing maintained between and among recruits. These are in addition to enhanced hygiene procedures directed by the President of Ghana, H.E. Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo, Adequate measures have also been put in place to sufficiently manage any issues of COVID-19 that may arise at any of the Police training facilities.

    6. To verify if the Police Service is recruiting or not, one can call the Police Toll Free number 18555 or the National Unified Code 112. In addition, the public is encouraged to report any person(s) who make false claim of recruitment to the nearest Police Station for arrest and prosecution.

    7. The Police Administration further assures parents, guardians and the general public that the health and safety of Police Recruits and Police Officers amid COVID-19 remain paramount.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Police gun down 2, arrest another in shootout

    The Accra Regional Police Command has shot and killed two suspected car snatchers believed to be part of a notorious gang operating within Accra.

    One member of the gang, identified as Kwame Yeboah, was arrested after sustaining gunshot wounds on the right leg during the shoot out with the police.

    He is currently receiving treatment at the Police Hospital.

    Hint

    Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Frederick Adu Anim, said at about 2 a.m. on May 8, 2020, the command received information that a white Kia Morning, with registration number GE-2269-20, had been snatched from its owner at gunpoint at Ablekuma Bokorbokor, near Awoshie.

    The suspects had apparently hired the services of the driver of the vehicle from Baah Yard to Ablekuma CP, but attacked and snatched the vehicle from him before he could reach the destination.

    A team of police personnel that was dispatched after receiving the information intercepted the suspects in the stolen vehicle at Busia Junction, Odorkor.

    However, a hot chase ensued when the suspects sped off upon seeing the police.

    In the course of the drama, the suspects started shooting at the police who also returned fire.

    In the process, Yeboah was injured in the right leg, while his two accomplices escaped.

    Swoop

    Later, Mr Adu Anim said, police intelligence revealed that the two who escaped were hiding at Dansoman Exhibition.

    The suspects again engaged the police in a shoot out at their hideout but came out worse with injuries.

    The police team took the suspects to the Police Hospital for treatment but they were pronounced dead shortly on arrival at the hospital.

    Their bodies have since been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue pending autopsy.

    Vehicle retrieved

    Mr Adu Anim said the police retrieved a locally manufactured pistol with two BB live cartridges and the Kia Morning from the suspects.

    He said so far, the police had retrieved eight vehicles during an operation being embarked upon by the command.

    The vehicles retrieved included two Toyota Corolla, two Toyota Yaris, a Daewoo Matrix, two Kia Morning and a Kia Picanto.

    Mr Adu Anim appealed to victims of car snatching crimes to contact the Accra Regional Police Command to identify and collect their vehicles.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Mob attacks Adabraka Police Station; 3 Cops injured

    Three policemen were injured and four vehicles damaged when a mob attacked the Adabraka Police Station in Accra last Wednesday.

    The mob also dumped the lifeless body of a man — believed to be aged between 35 and 40 years — at the Charge Office of the police station.

    As of press time yesterday, the police were yet to establish the cause of the attack.

    Investigations were, however, ongoing to establish the link between the attack and a supposed freak incident involving a man who jumped into the Odaw River and died less than two hours before the mob action.

    Meanwhile, four suspects, have been arrested.

    Attack

    The Nima Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Abraham Acquaye, told the Daily Graphic that the attack on the Adabraka Police Station took place around 5:30 p.m. last Wednesday when a mob, comprising some young men and women, pelted the station with stones as they marched onto the premises.

    In the process, he said, the mob vandalised an official police Nissan Navara pick-up, two privately owned Toyota saloon cars and a Daewoo taxi which were parked close to the police station.

    He said the Accra Regional Police Operations Unit, the Nima Divisional Police Operations and other patrol teams were called in to bring the situation under control, but before the patrol teams arrived the mob had left.

    The body of the dead man, who was later identified only as Sammy, was conveyed to the Police Hospital mortuary for autopsy.

    Suspicion

    Mr Acquaye said earlier at about 4 p.m. that same day, a policeman (whose name has been withheld by the police) had gone to a garage at Odawna, a community within Adabraka, to take delivery of his vehicle which he had taken to a mechanic for repairs.

    He said as the policeman walked towards the garage, an unidentified man jumped into the Odaw River, seemingly on seeing the uniformed policeman.

    The Nima Divisional Police Commander said the policeman suspected that the man thought that he (the policeman) was there to arrest him.

    Almost immediately after the man jumped into the river, Mr Acquaye said, a group of young men emerged from the community, assaulted the policeman and tore his uniform.

    He was, however, rescued by two of his colleagues and he later reported the incident to the Adabraka Police Station, claiming that he could identify his assailants.

    Mr Acquaye said investigations were underway and the police had mounted a search for the perpetrators.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

     

  • Adabraka: Two arrested for vandalizing police station

    The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two residents of Adabraka for vandalising a police station in the area.

    The two were part of an angry mob that stormed the police station yesterday [Wednesday] to protest the death of a man who fell and drowned in the Odaw River while being pursued by police who were trying to arrest him.

    In a Citi News interview, the Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Frederick Adu Anim said the incident is currently being investigated.

    “We are investigating this. We will give subsequent updates.”

    He also refuted the claim that police personnel were responsible for the death.

    “No he [the deceased] was not chased by police officers. The place is a hideout for criminals so no police officer could go there and make an arrest. “

    The Assemblyman for the area, Hendrick Noble Kinnah had early on told Citi News that he heard of the incident on Wednesday evening at around 5:41 PM.

    He further said some residents accused the police of causing the death, saying “it is the policeman who pushed him into the water [the drain].”

    Upon hearing of the incident, the assemblyman said he first made his way to the Adabraka police station where he saw a police officer who had been assaulted.

    “I saw two policemen here. One had been beaten and he had blood on his mouth.”

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Wife and boyfriend hatched three plots to kill husband

    It has emerged that the wedded wife who plotted with her boyfriend to kill her husband, had hatched three plans to execute their ploy.

    Mavis Brepor, 32, and Patrick Asare, 50, were arrested last Saturday after contracting ‘an assassin’ to kill David Gator, 52, to whom she had been married for 13 years with three children.

    Their plan, however, could not materialise because Asare, while recruiting the would be assassin, mistakenly called the Manhyia Divisional Police Commander, ACP Kwaku Buah for the role.

    Giving details of the arrest at a press briefing on Wednesday, ACP Duah, said when he realised that the call was a mistake, he feigned interest in the deal for which Asare offered GH₵100,000 to finish the job.

    “In intelligence, that information was like a pot of gold to us and it was important we manage it well and that is what we did,” he said Thursday in a later interview on Accra-based radio station, Citi FM.

    He said the assassination was to be carried out on Saturday, May 2.

    According to ACP Duah, the suspects had been in a relationship for about six months and had done a blood covenant.

    He said the two “had vowed to live together forever and the best way for them to live forever was to eliminate the husband.”

    He said there were three plans but the first plan, which was to poison the man with powdered bottles could not be executed because Gator often ate together with his children wife.

    “Plan B was to get someone to kill him. If we had not swiftly moved in on the day of planned killing, this man [Asare] would have gone to Nima to get some thugs to come and kill him. That was the plan C,” ACP Duah said.

    He said after the arrest of Asare, “We went to the house of Mr Gator and the man was eating with the wife but unknown to him, the wife and the boyfriend had planned to kill him.”

    He said when he broke the news to him, Gator broke down in tears and enquired from his wife what wrong he had done to warrant such an act from her.

    ACP Duah attributed the arrest of Asare and Mavis to the handiwork of God, saying, “He would have been dead by now if God had not been on his side and if the call had gone to the wrong person.”

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Well clamp down on persons who flout COVID-19 prevention protocols Police

    The Accra Regional Police Command says it will continue to arrest and prosecute individuals in the region who refuse to comply with precautionary measures to fight the spread of COVID-19.

    According to the command, an earlier operation conducted by the police has resulted in the arrest of 500 commercial motorbike riders who failed to wear face masks.

    Speaking to the media, Director of Operations at the Accra Regional Police Command, ACP Kwesi Ofori said the exercise will continue in a bid to ensure that the security and safety of the country are not compromised amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

    “Those who feel they are not prepared to sacrifice for the state to assist in ensuring good health and public security we are going to clamp down on them seriously. We will arrest them and put them before court. Okada riders have also tried to abuse this protocol and we have arrested about 500 motorbikes, most of whom have been taken to court and fined GH¢12,000 in default four years imprisonment.”

    Following the lifting of the partial lockdown imposed on some parts of the country, the role of the police have changed to ensuring compliance with other COVID-19 prevention protocols such as wearing of face masks and urge to avoid needless movement.

    Earlier this week, persons without face masks were prevented from entering the Central Business District of Accra.

    The move was to ensure compliance  directives by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council and Ministry of Health on the wearing of masks in public as a way of stopping the spread of COVID-19.

    According to the Accra Regional Alpha SWAT Commander DSP Sulamana Sulley, security officials are primarily engaging and encouraging those coming into the Central Business District to wear the mask.

    He said those who are adamant and insist on proceeding without the mask are denied access and asked to either get one or returned home.

    Meanwhile, commercial vehicle drivers have been cautioned against allowing persons without masks to board their vehicles.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Police find gunshot wound on VRA senior staff who died in gory accident

    A police report detailing the circumstances that led to the death of a senior staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) at Akuse in the Eastern region, who was involved in a road accident, showed that the deceased sustained a wound suspected to be from a gunshot.

    Eric Dogbe, 47, an engineer with the VRA was on Saturday, May 2 pronounced dead on arrival at the Akuse Government hospital after he was involved in a car accident with one other who was admitted.

    According to the police corona report on the death of Mr. Dogbe, the deceased was driving an unregistered Toyota Corolla vehicle with one occupant on board from Juapong to Akuse.

    “On reaching a section of the road a few metres away from the VRA Security checkpoint he lost control of the steering wheel and as a result the vehicle veered off its lane into the opposite lane and entered a canal nearby”, parts of the reports read.

    “On careful examination of the body, police found a wound suspected to be a gunshot at the right back of his shoulder”, it added.

    Meanwhile, 3ews.com gathers that family of the deceased suspect a foul play by some staff of the VRA following the revelation of gunshot wounds by the police report.

     

    Source: 3 News

  • 4 QNET agents arrested in suspected employment scam that has left 29 foreigners stranded

    Police at Abuakwa in Kumasi have arrested four people said to be linked to network marketing company, QNET, over suspected scam to which 29 West African nationals have fallen victim.

    The West African nationals were allegedly lured into Ghana under the pretext of securing them jobs in a mining firm for which they were charged $750 each.

    They later discovered they have been recruited to undertake network marketing, something they objected to.

    Efforts to retrieve their monies have been unsuccessful, compelling them to live on the benevolence of people for survival.

    The foreigners, both males and females, include Gambians, Malians and Sierra Leoneans, insist they have been swindled.

    QNET agents I Myjoyonline.com
    Two of the suspects arrested on Friday

    They, however, arrived in Ghana, in February only to learn the deal was rather for network marketing.

    Mohammed Bonga, 29; a Gambian-born Sierra Leonean and Tsiedie, 26, arrived in Ghana on February 25, thinking they have landed their dream job.

    But it turned out to be a fiasco after the supposed agents collected $750 each from them.

    Police at Abuakwa are investigating the matter after initially arresting one person last Thursday.

    Subsequently, three others, including two agents of QNET were picked up on Friday.

    Abuakwa District Commander, Chief Superintendent Yaw Obeng Asubonteng, who confirmed the story say his outfit has launched investigations into the matter.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Carjackers on the loose, be cautious – Police to public

    The Accra Regional Police Command has issued a public alert, especially to taxicab drivers, about the activities of carjackers in the metropolis.

    The police said although the mode of operations may vary, a common trend is that one or two members of the syndicate hire the services of a taxicab to a particular destination.

    Mid-way through the journey, other accomplices board the vehicle and then conspire to snatch the vehicle at gunpoint.

    The alert follows the arrest of some five suspected carjackers in Accra.

    “Appropriate steps have been taken to prosecute the suspects, however, the Command cautions the general public to be informed of such criminal activities in order to prevent possible theft of their vehicles.

    “Beware if juicy offers, especially at night; reject services to outlandish areas, seek police assistance at snap checkpoints on the least suspicion. If possible, use automobile tracking devices,” the alert signed by ASP Efia Tenge, the PRO of the Accra Regional Police Command said.

     

    Source: Class FM

  • Two national security personnel, dismissed soldier, 6 others arrested for robbery

    Police in Asankragwa led by the Divisional Crime Officer Superintendent Henry Agbeve have arrested nine persons, including two National Security personnel for robbing miners near Atalla of their gold concentrate.

    The suspects are: Anas Adams, 35 years, a National Security personnel of Jubilee House operations; George Ohene Adjei 56, driver, Jonathan Aryer 28, unemployed; Agyeman Jackson, 29, unemployed and Isaac Okuampah 29, painter.

    The rest are George Osei 35, National Security, Asomdwe park Accra; Patrick Fordjour 29, taxi driver, Kumasi; and Samuel Obeng 35, an allegedly dismissed soldier from the army.

    The Police in a report said the suspects were arrested on Saturday 25 April 2020 on the Asankragwa – Wasa Dunkwa road onboard an unregistered black Toyota Land Cruiser Prado but one Kofi Asante who allegedly led the gang managed to escape.

    A search onboard the vehicle revealed a vehicle number plate with registration number AS 6646-20, gold concentrate in five gallons, 15 mobile phones, various foreign currencies, and four bags in which there were two military uniforms.

    It is alleged that Samuel Obeng wore one of the uniforms bearing the rank of a Sergeant whiles Agyeman Jackson wore one with the rank of a Private.

    Preliminary investigation revealed that the gang arrived at a mining site near ATALLA, about two hours drive from Asankragwa, with some dressed in the military uniforms, subjected some of the workers to beating, handcuffed and tied them with ropes and abandoned them to their fate and robbed them of their gold concentrate.

    After the act, the supposed soldiers folded the military uniforms into their respective bags and fled in their vehicle.

    The workers managed to free themselves and ran away.

    The Police visited the scene and managed to retrieve the damaged handcuffs and the workers informed police that the suspects came there to rob them of their gold concentrate.

    The suspects are in custody whilst the vehicle and all other items retained. Meanwhile, the Divisional Commander, Chief Supt Nana Kumi has informed one Col. Opoku (RTD) of National Security, Jubilee House about the arrest and detention of suspects Anas Adams and George Osei both of National Security, Jubilee House Operations.

    Investigations are ongoing.

     

    Source: Class FM

  • Seven arrested for scrambling for stolen money in Tema

    The Ghana Police Service has arrested seven persons for taking part in the scrambling of various sums of money amounting to GHS120,845 from a crime scene at Tema recently.

    Two robbers were gunned down by the police last Thursday after stealing an amount of GHS123,345 from a Lebanese and his Ghanaian partner at Tema.

    The two robbers trailed the victims who had gone to cash the said amount from the Tema Community One branch of the Zenith Bank and managed to snatch the money.

    The police in a press statement issued on Sunday, April 26, 2020, said: “seven persons were arrested for taking part in scrambling for various sums of money amounting to GHS120,845 when an amount of GHS123,345 belonging to a robbery victim was thrown away by one of the robbers who was being pursued by the police.”

    The arrested persons have been charged with stealing.

    The statement further disclosed that “three of the persons have admitted taking part in the said action. They are Richard Attoh alias Amartey aged 30, Qaadir Bancey aged 31, and Awudu Mohammed alias Vuga also aged 36.”

    The three pocketed GHS2,500 from the scrambling according to the police.

    The statement also disclosed: “the remaining suspects are Sulemana Bancey aged 62, Kwesi Hanson Smith aged 66, Kabul Akuaku aged 53 and David Nartey Daniels aged 30.”

    The police also urged the general public who witnessed the incident to assist them with information to arrest and retrieve the monies robbed from the victim.

    Read the full statement from the police below

     

     

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • 130 Riders arrested for violating social distancing protocol

    The Accra Regional Police Command has intensified its operation to arrest recalcitrant members of the public who are flouting the social distancing directive as well as perpetuating crime.

    Within two days, the police have impounded more than 130 motorbikes and arrested some riders in various parts of Accra for breaching the directive aimed at reducing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

    Also, four suspected robbers are currently being held by the police after they were arrested for allegedly attacking some individuals in some streets in parts of Accra.

    Caution

    Following the lifting of the partial lockdown directive, the police last Wednesday cautioned the general public that its operation to clamp down on people who defied the directive, particularly, on social distancing would continue.

    It also said they would continue to look out for criminals, and urged the public to comply with the directives and general law and order.

    Operation social distancing

    In a special operation, dubbed “Operation Social Distancing,” a team of policemen swooped on motorbike riders violating the directive in and around Tudu, the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange, Ministries enclave, UTC, Kimbu and Tema Station, all in Accra.

    Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Frederick Adu Anim, said motorbike riders were banned from picking a pillion rider in order to observe the social distancing protocol as part of measures to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.

    He said the command observed that almost immediately after the partial lockdown was lifted, some riders began violating the directive and were riding in parts of the city with pillion riders.

    Sustained operation

    The command therefore embarked on an operation last Wednesday and Thursday with a team of policemen drawn from the Operations Unit and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Regional Command.

    The objective, DCOP Adu Anim said, was to arrest motorbike riders who were defying the social distancing directive.

    During the operation, he said, some commercial motorbike riders who had stationed their motorbikes at some vantage points were seen calling for passengers and they were arrested.

    Some of the motorbike riders, he said, abandoned their motorcycles and bolted on seeing the police during the operation.

    Mr Adu Anim said the exercise would take place in the region as all divisional and district commanders had been tasked to replicate it in their areas of responsibilities.

    Robbers

    Three robbers were arrested by the Amasaman Police, while the fourth suspect was also arrested by the Anyah Police. All the arrests were made yesterday.

    The suspects are Munkaila Mahmud ,19, Abbas Haruna, 22, Eric Agyei, 28, and Nasiru Mohammed, 28. An accomplice of Mohammed is currently on the run and being hunted by the police.

    Bag snatching

    Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, said the three suspects, Mahmud, Haruna and Agyei were arrested at about 12:10a.m. on Friday April 24, 2020 at Peace Village, a suburb of Amasaman, in the Greater Accra Region.

    She said the suspects were believed to have trailed their victim while she was walking home from work and attempted to snatch her handbag which contained her valuables.

    The victim raised an alarm which attracted some neighbours, including police personnel who came to her rescue.

    The suspects were overpowered and arrested by the police and taken to the Amasaman Police Station where they were detained.

    Police to the rescue

    On the same day at about 1:20a.m, Mrs Tenge said the police in Anyaa, near Ablekuma, arrested Nasiru Mohammed for allegedly attempting to steal from some persons together with his accomplice, now at large.

    She said the suspects met their victims at Nii Bortey near the Anyaa Market and demanded money from them.

    The suspects, she said, conducted a search on the victims and found nothing so they asked their victims to kneel.

    However, one of the victims escaped and met the police patrol team on his way and narrated the incident to them.

    The patrol team proceeded to the scene and arrested Nasiru Mohammed but his accomplice escaped.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Turn over a new leaf or face us Police warns criminals

    The Ghana Police Service has cautioned all criminally-minded persons in the country to have a change in mind and behaviour or meet them boot for boot.

    This warning comes after the Police confirmed that two robbers were killed in a gun battle in Tema after they attacked a businessman who had gone to the bank to withdraw money.

    As the hostilities raged, eyewitness scrambled for and grabbed the banknotes which were flying around, in the end, the businessmen only managed to retrieve just GHC2500 out of the 123,345 he had withdrawn from the bank, the police said in a statement.

    “The two robbers died in the process, while the money scattered on the streets and were scrambled by people around, leaving only GHC2500 salvaged by the complainant,” the police statement read further.

    The police service, therefore, assured residents of Tema Community 1 and Ghanaians at large their full protection from these evil persons in society.

    The police therefore assured Ghanaians and residents of Tema the “police is at work”.

    Read below the full statement

     

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • COVID-19: 8,000 frontline police officers ordered to self-quarantine

    Some 8,000 frontline police officers in the fight against COVID-19 have been directed to self-quarantine.

    As part of efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus in Ghana, the government placed a ban on public gatherings and partially locked down the Greater Accra and Kumasi Metropolitan areas.

    These measures were enforced by the Ghana Police Service and Ghana Armed Forces.

    The Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, Supt. Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman in a Citi News interview disclosed that about 8,000 personnel of the service have been asked to self-quarantine.

    “The prime object of the Police is for the Police officers to be well before we can carry out our duties. So for Accra, Kumasi, Tema, and Kumasi, we are looking at not less than 8,000 officers to self-quarantine.”

    She further disclosed that the Police Hospital has begun taking their samples for testing by the institutions capable of running the test.

    “The Police Hospital has begun taking their samples but the samples are not tested by them but they have a strategy to take their samples. The Police Hospital has its headquarters in Accra but it still has a lot of regional clinics all across the country,” she added.

    Total arrests during lockdown

    She further disclosed that a total of 810 people were arrested by the Ghana Police Service during the partial lockdown of some parts of the country.

    “The number of cases in the court stood at 127 and the number of persons involved in these cases was 810 so out of these, 458 were granted bail by the various courts and the people who were convicted stood at 54. I am sure you heard about the conviction of people who were throwing a party yesterday. So these are part of those arrested,” she said.

    Lifting of partial lockdown

    President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted the lockdown at 1 am on Monday, April 21, 2020.

    Ghana currently has 1,154 confirmed cases with 120 recoveries and nine deaths

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Security officers will return to enforce some of the new directives – Oppong Nkrumah

    Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the job of the security officers will see some changes in the coming days. There have been calls for the redeployment of security officers to ensure people put on nose mask and also practice social distancing.

    Mr Oppong Nkrumah speaking at a press briefing said even though there is no lockdown currently and security officials have been withdrawn, we will see them in the coming days ensuring that the new directives will be followed duly by citizens.

    “There are new directives of wearing mask, social distancing among others, in the coming days the job of the security officers will change, they will be back to help enforce some of the new directives”.

    The Ghana Medical Association has called for the police and military officers to be redeployed on the streets to ensure people wear nose mask and also practice social distancing.

    The GMA believes that this is the only way to ensure COVID-19 does not spread now that the President has lifted the restriction of movement of persons in Accra and Kumasi.

    Even though the partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi has been lifted, President Akufo-Addo has advised that everyone puts on a nose mask and observe social distancing.

    The Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah said they had a meeting with the regional security council and have agreed to enforce the wearing of the mask, he said residents who are seen in town without the mask will be sent back home.

    Ghana’s case count as of April 19, 2020, was 1,042 with 9 deaths and 99 recoveries.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

     

     

  • Woman who led attack on police officers granted bail

    The main suspect in the assault case on three police officers stationed at the Tamale District Police Criminal and Investigative Department, Mohammed Iddrisu Sahadatu, has been granted bail to the tune of GHC 3000 with one surety to be justified.

    The suspect, a resident of Changli, a suburb of Tamale, escaped arrest on Thursday April 16 after leading an attack on the police officers. But was apprehended on the following day with the support of the Assemblyman of the Area.

    The case presided over by His Worship Yusif Amadu, of the Tamale District Court 2, has been adjourned to May 5, 2020.

    “Mohammed Iddrisu Sahadatu was charged with two counts of assault on a public officer and resisting arrest”, the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer Superintendent Kwabena Otuo Acheampong told the media.

    Background

    Sahadatu Iddrisu Mohammed according to the Police in Northern region instigated the assault on the three Police Officers who had visited her home in Changli on April 16 to arrest her over a theft case reported to the Tamale District Police Criminal and Investigations Department.

    Police revealed she called her sons who started assaulting the officers including a female officer Corporal Rita Aboagye.

    Some residents joined in assaulting the officers.

    Corporal Rita Aboagye was beaten to pulp and left in a gutter while her colleagues fled to report the incident, about half a kilometer away.

    The Revenge Swoop

    Some police officers in Tamale after hearing the news of the assault on their colleagues went on rampage, unleashing violence on scores of residents in Changli in retaliation.

     

    Source: 3news.com

  • Security officers must remain on the streets to enforce wearing of masks, social distancing – Dr Owusu

    Dr Michael Owusu a virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research says there is a need for security officers to be in town to enforce the wearing of masks and social distancing protocol.

    Even though the partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi has been lifted, President Akufo-Addo has advised that everyone puts on a nose mask and observe social distancing.

    Dr Owusu says the lifting of the lockdown will make no impact if Ghanaians abuse it and refuse to observe all the necessary measures which have been provided by the Ghana Health Service.

    He believes that now is the time we need the security officers more to enforce the wearing of masks and social distancing protocol.

    “We should put in surveillance in all our public transport, if someone is infected and enters a public transport and we are doing contact tracing and you don’t have a list how do you do that. The disease is in the system and is trying to get hold of it and if that happens we will have a hike in people at the hospital. The police and all security officials must ensure that all the measures be followed, if you go out without a sanitizer or nose mask you must be sent back home, I don’t think the security leaving the streets now is the best decision”.

    Residents in Accra and Kumasi are free to move about currently but have been advised to be very careful and observe all measures to ensure they do not contract COVID-19.

    Ever since President Akufo-Addo announced the decision to lift the lockdown, there has been mixed reactions as some believe it is a good decision which will ease the financial burden on them.

    Others also think this could have a negative effect on many as it could aid the spread of the novel coronavirus.

    Ghana’s case count as of April 19, 2020, was 1,042 with 9 deaths and 99 recoveries.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Police on manhunt for masterminds of fake coronavirus caseload alarmists

    The Ghana Police Service has announced that it will track and arrest some persons who were found spreading false information on WhatsApp groups in relation to COVID-19.

    This was disclosed in a statement released by the Service and signed by its Deputy Communication Director, ASP David Ekloo.

    According to the statement, the attention of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has been drawn to a “false rumour that was circulated on social media about a surge in the number of COVID- 19 cases to 1,064 on Monday night, 13 April 2020.”

    The statement continued: “Persons of unknown identity have been circulating this on different media platforms across the country”, emphasising that the effect of such false alarm is that it creates “fear and panic [among] the national populace and would not be condoned.”

    It added: “A legislative instrument was issued with a warning that any persons found circulating false information on social media will be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the laws of the country.”

    The statement said the Ghana Police Service has been “mandated to track and arrest” owners of the following phone numbers which started spreading the false information on WhatsApp groups.

    The numbers include:+233 24 208 6395, +233 24 820 3223, +233 24 900 6285, +233 24 207 4111, +233 54 726 4034, +233 24 463 8985, +233 24 933 8491, +233 24 603 7910, +233 24 672 1427, +233 24 207 4111 and +233 24 940 5807.

    The Ghana Police also advised the owners of the numbers listed “to report themselves to the nearest police station or BNI office”, warning: “Failure to do so will result in your arrest, detention and prosecution.”

    It also urged the general public “to assist in the arrest of any persons sharing such false information.”

     

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Nigeriens with coronavirus moved to Police Hospital after detention

    The two Nigeriens who were tested positive and detained at the Accra Central Police station have been moved to the Police Hospital.

    Citi News sources indicated that health personnel from the police hospital took over the case after some intervention from Nigerien authorities in Ghana.

    The two Nigeriens caused a stir when they refused to undergo care at the Ga East Municipal Hospital on Monday and attempted to leave the facility without authorisation.

    The two also reportedly threatened staff with a sharp object saying that they will not stay at the facility.

    They were arrested on April 5, 2020, in Accra when a taxi they were in was stopped by police enforcing the partial lockdown.

    The two could not give tangible reasons for their movement, sparking suspicion and their arrest.

    Further investigations by police led to a medical test on them at the Ridge Hospital and the positive test result for the virus came back on April 13, 2020.

    The Ashanti Regional Immigration Command also had some encounters with 20 Nigeriens who were eventually repatriated.

    These 20 were arrested at Juaso in the Asante Akim South District on March 17.

    Also, eight Guineans and two Burkinanbes who entered Ghana illegally tested positive for the virus and are also set to repatriated.

    Notably, one of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus escaped from the facility in which they were being quarantined in Tamale but was later arrested.

    A total of 641 novel coronavirus cases have been recorded in Ghana with eight deaths and 83 recoveries.

    The Greater Accra Region has the most number of cases with 514; the Ashanti Region has 53; Eastern Region, 41; Northern Region, 10; Volta Region, nine; Upper West Region, seven; Upper East Region, four; North East Region, one; Western Region, one and the Central Region with one.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • IGP gives new directives to check extortion, unprofessional conduct by police

    The Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has issued new directives to guide police traffic duties, highway patrols, barrier duties among others.

    A statement from the police said the new directives were in response to numerous complaints from the public about unprofessional conduct of some officers.

    Read: Senior Police officers to supervise patrols, traffic checks

    The statement, signed by the Director of Public Affairs Department, ACP David Eklu said, all highway patrol, traffic, barriers, snap checks and others must be under supervision of senior police officers.

     

    Such senior officers according to the Police Service, “should make themselves readily accessible to the public in order to receive complaints relating to extortions, deliberate delays of motorists, the use of uncivil language as well as publicly making political statements that have the propensity to compromise their neutrality as officers.”

    The IGP has also constituted a special task force to conduct “periodic checks” on the roads.

    The police statement said the task force will as part of their work interview drivers and passengers to collect further information on allegations such as unprofessional conduct by police officers.

    Read: 14 arrested in joint police, military swoop in Tamale

    “The IGP has further directed that to ensure police accountability, especially on the highways, special phone numbers will be announced to enable the public send videos of police misconduct, pictures, WhatsApp text messaged among others on police unprofessional conduct as well as exemplary ones for others to emulate.”

    “The Police administration appeals to the public to give maximum cooperation as far as this exercise is concerned and wish to assure that public that such complaints when received will be expeditiously dealt with.”

     

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • Remain impartial during 2020 polls – Acting IGP to Police officers

    Acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has charged police officers to exhibit high political neutrality as the service prepares for duties ahead of the 2020 elections.

    This he said will impact positively on their quest to ensure the security and safety of all citizens during and after the elections.

    Read: Police to cite leaders of political pressure group for contempt

    There have been calls by the public for the police to maintain political neutrality during elections to be able to execute their mandate without fear or favour.

    At the passing out ceremony of some 181 recruits, the acting IGP reiterated the need for professionalism, especially during elections.

    “As we prepare for the 2020 general elections, I urge these recruits to remain impartial before, during and after the elections and ensure that our democratic credentials are protected and guaranteed. We need to respect the constitutional liberties of the citizens to exercise their franchise and avoid partisanship.”

    Read: Police training recruits only sweep, weed and march Forensic expert laments

    Mr. Oppong Boanuh further cautioned the officers against unprofessional behaviour since strict sanctions will be applied by the service as a measure of winning back public confidence.

    “Avoid any form of extortion or political conduct that has the tendency of affecting adversely the career we have chosen. You need to put in a lot of sacrifice, hardwork, and dedication.”

     

    Source: citinewsroom.com