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An informant is complaining that despite assisting the Sekondi police with a tip-off, leading to the arrest of a notorious suspect, who has been on police wanted list for sometime now, they have refused to reward him with the GH¢50,000 after the job was done.

Complaining bitterly to Paa Kwesi Simpson on the ‘Omanbapa’ morning show on Connect FM, the obviously peeved man said the police have neglected him after he gave them the tip-off, as a good citizen, to arrest a notorious suspect last Tuesday.

According to the informant, whose name is withheld, he got information from the Sekondi police to assist them arrest a suspect, whose phone was with him for repairs.

He said aside the tip-off, he personally arrested the suspect at about 9:000pm and sent him to the police.

“The police promised to offer me GH¢50,000 if l am able to assist them in the arrest of the notorious suspect, and l single-handedly apprehended the suspect and handed him over to Sekondi police but they have refused to pay me,” he bemoaned.

All efforts to get the police to fulfil their promise has yielded no results, he complained.

Source: 3news.com

Thirty-year-old Kofi Mensah, the robbery suspect, failed to escape arrest when was shot and wounded by a police patrol team.

Mensah and his colleague were scaling a wall to run from the Police after a robbery spree but his colleague whose identity is not known escaped.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit, Accra Regional Police Command, who briefed the Ghana News Agency, said the suspect was rushed to the Police Hospital where he was treated and discharged.

She explained that the suspect had been detained and was being processed for court on Monday.

She said on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at about 2130 hours, the Achimota School District Police was on snap check duty at the GIMPA/Fiesta Royal Junction when a driver informed them that he had been attacked by two young men at a section of the GIMPA Fiesta Royal stretch.

The team proceeded to the direction given them and the two suspects upon seeing them fled into the Achimota Forest, Mrs Tenge added.

DSP Tenge said the Police laid ambush only for the suspects to emerge from another side of the Forest to continue their robbery spree.

Unknown to them that they were being monitored by the Police, the suspected robbers attacked another driver.

The Head of the Public Affairs Unit said the team gave them a hot chase where one of them scaled a nearby fence wall and escaped but Mensah was shot in an attempt to jump the wall too.

Source: GNA

The Tema Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service is calling on the general public to assist in arresting some persons who are still on the loose after escaping from police custody on Sunday, April 4, 2021.

According to the police, 12 suspects who were held custody at the Zenu-Atadeka District Police escaped following an incident where a suspect poured hot porridge in the face of the police officer who was on duty on April 4, 2021.

The police added that while 7 of the escapees have been rearrested, 5 of them are still on the run.

The five are Richard Remeo, 30, Sulemana Ibrahim, 23, Abu Sadique, 29, Ibrahim Fuseini, 26, and Aziz Fuseini, 38 are still being haunted by the police.

The following are the images of the suspects;

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The Accra Regional Police, under the command of DCOP Mr. Afful Boakye Yiadom, has conducted a special operation dubbed, “No Space for Criminals in Accra”, and has arrested at least 156 suspected criminals from their hide-outs.

The operation, which began on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, targeted locations noted to be harboring criminals, including cemeteries, ghettos, markets, and other similar areas across the 14 divisions in Accra.

Those arrested were mostly drug peddlers found with quantities of wrapped narcotic substances, tramadol tablets, sharp implements, laptops, phones among others.

The police also arrested persons with concoctions mixed with narcotic substances being offered for sale to their customers.

The operation is to disrupt activities of criminals who continue to target and attack decent people in society either on the streets, homes, workplaces, vehicles, or as pedestrians.

Also, 10 uregistered motorbikes usually used in advancing street robberies in the metropolis were impounded.

All the suspects are being taken through various levels of screening and interrogation with Police criminal data and records and those found culpable would be put before the law court.

The exercise would be sustained.

Source: Ghana Guardian

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Alexander Amenyo, the Upper East Deputy Regional Police Commander has called on Ghanaians to assist in maintaining law and order in the country.

He said policing and combating crime was a shared responsibility between the police and the public as personnel relied on the intelligence and information of the public on the ground for appropriate action to achieve desired results.

Mr Amenyo made the call during the flag hoisting of the Regional Police Operational Unit which comprised the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) and the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF).

The Deputy Regional Commander explained that although the police command had developed effective strategies to combating crime in the region including 24-hour foot, vehicular and intelligence patrol, motorbike patrol at the borders and general law enforcement of the law, the stronger partnership between the police and residents was needed.

“Critical issues facing us as law enforcement agency include an influx of illegal immigrants, the influx of jihadists, the tendency to import contrabands, drugs and weapons into the country and other challenges unique to our borders, protecting the communities, elections and other forms of public management and safety,” he said.

The Deputy Regional Commander commended the Operational Unit for contributing significantly to reducing crime and violence in the region and implored them to continue to work in unison and coordinate their efforts to promote public safety.

He said, “I am confident that all the officers of these operational conglomerate will continue to serve with courage, integrity and fairness.”

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Eric Van-Kofi, the Regional Police Operational Commander noted that the three departments including; the SWAT, CTU and RDF were trained and had the responsibility to detonate improvised explosives, perform presidential and diplomatic escorts and anti-armed robbery highway operations among others.

He said the Unit had contributed significantly to reducing the crime rate in region, especially on the Naaga-Sherigu road, Bolgatanga-Navrongo road and the Tilli Forest, which were noted for armed activities in the region.

“On the recent upsurge of robbery in the Bolgatanga Municipality, the gallant men of the Unit responded by gunning down two notorious armed robbers and the arrest of others who were facing the law,” he added.

Mr Van-Kofi explained that despite the important role the unit played as the life wire of the regional police command, it was confronted with numerous challenges and called for retooling of the unit.

He mentioned deteriorating conditions of vehicles, motorbikes and other operational logistics as well as the constant transfer of personnel of the Unit without replacement and added that when not addressed could hamper the effective operation of the Unit.

Source: GNA

A Police escort team has shot to death an armed robber in between Sawaba and Mpaha junction on the Buipe-Tamale road in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region.

According to the Savannah Regional Police Commander DCOP Enoch Bediako, a bus with registration number GS 5578-17 was transporting passengers from Goaso to Bawku and on reaching a section of the road in between Sawaba and Mpaha junction on the Buipe-Tamale highway, about ten men of Fulani extraction armed with locally manufactured shotguns emerged from the bush.

The armed men ordered the passengers to alight and started robbing them of their unspecified sum of monies and mobile phones.

He says shortly, the Buipe police highway escort team in one of the vehicles escorting a convoy arrived at the scene and engaged the robbers in a shoot out, in the process one of the robbers aged about 30 was shot down by the police with his gun beside him, but the others fled through the bush.

He was rushed to Buipe polyclinic and was pronounced dead on arrival.

The body has been deposited at the Tamale teaching hospital mortuary for preservation.

Meanwhile, one locally manufactured gun and one live AAA cartridge retrieve from the dead suspected robber has been retained.

Source: Kasapa FM

A Police officer stationed at Ochiso Police station at Ajumako in the Central Region has been allegedly assaulted by unknown security operatives who also whisked away an arrested NPP supporter.

The incident occurred Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at about 6:30pm.

The Police officer Corporal Frank Mensah was on duty at Ochiso Police Station Charge office as the Counter Officer when a lady identified as Adwoa Sophia lodged a complaint that one Cosmos has assaulted her 18-year-old grandson Kofi Akorfo without any provocation.

The Police officer issued medical forms to the complainant to send the victim to the hospital which was endorsed by a medical doctor and returned same.

After taking a statement from the victim, the suspect was arrested and detained behind the counter to assist in the investigation.

Shortly after that, a man on a motorbike arrived at the Charge office and handed over a phone to the police officer that someone wanted to talk to him.

The caller who allegedly identified himself as the NPP Constituency Chairman for Ajumako popularly known as Bob allegedly hurled insult on the police officer describing his arrest of the suspect as “nonsense”.

Shortly, two vehicles arrived at the Police station with eight occupants led by the District Chief Executive of Ajumako Ransford Kwesi Nyarko, the NPP Constituency Chairman Bob, One other in military camouflage and the others, according to eyewitnesses, pounced on the police officer beat him mercilessly and took away the suspect and sped off with him.

The Police officer reported of severe pains on his spine as a result of the attack hence issued medical form to attend hospital for treatment.

Source: Starr FM

A search has been launched for a police officer, who reportedly got missing on Thursday, 29th October 2020.

Inspector Charles Adamu, 50, a service driver with the Police Hospital in Accra is yet to be found after he left home on Wednesday, 28 October for Asuboi, near Suhum in the Eastern Region.

He was said to have embarked on the trip with a service vehicle at about 11 am on that fateful day to visit his parcel of land, his wife had told the police, adding that the service vehicle had been parked on the AccraKumasi Highway, prompting police action.

Investigators, who were deployed to the scene, however, found the parked vehicle with the ignition key, but could not trace the named officer, sources tell Dailymailgh.com.

The service vehicle with registration number GP 144 has since been driven to the Suhum Police Station for safekeeping as police and volunteers from Mankrong and Asuboi communities intensify their search for the officer.

Source: Daily Mail

Despite recognising that Ghana has chalked up success in curbing drug trafficking, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) says the investigative body of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), the Narcotics Unit, still lags behind in conforming to international standards.

The GII, has noted that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, which prosecutes matters related to drug trafficking, has low level of compliance with international standards on drug trafficking.

However, GII, the Ghana chapter of Transparency International (TI), has observed that the Criminal Division of the High Court has an appreciable level of conformance to such international standards on drug trafficking and corruption-related issues.

These revelations follow a research by GII in conjunction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

According to William Nyarko of the Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA), a research GII conducted indicated that the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (Narcotics Unit) of the GPS was in “compliance by 20 per cent of international standards.”

He said that, “The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution was in compliance by 36 per cent while the Criminal Division of the High Court was in compliance by 48 per cent.”

Mr Nyarko made these findings public when he presented a report of the law enforcement accountability in Ghana at a forum of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the media and other actors within the law enforcement value change in Accra on Tuesday.

Miss Mina Mensah, the Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), underscored the fact that an independent oversight body was necessary to enhance accountability in the GPS.

“Policing demands additional control as it improves oversight and increases accountability,” she stated.

Miss Mensah also said the GPS needed an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to halt the unfortunate recurring instances of police misconduct.

She added that the IPCC would increase the internal police oversight mechanisms to address and supplement existing oversight mechanisms to handle complaints.

This, she noted, would restore the confidence in the GPS to make it more engaging with the public and make the Service more responsive to individual and public concerns.

Miss Mensah further stated that the IPCC would always assure officers of an impartial process for resolving cases of misconduct and strengthen internal oversight.

This research forms part of the CRIMJUST project, which is aimed at enhancing the capacities and integrity of criminal justice institutions to tackle drug trafficking and transnational organised crime along the drug trafficking routes in Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa.

The CRIMJUST project is being done in collaboration with the UNODC, which centres on three pillars capacity building, interregional co-operation and institutional integrity.

Source: Ghanaian Times

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 109 persons for allegedly attacking a team of police personnel assigned to assist a bailiff to execute a court order at Ritz Junction.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Command, told the Ghana News Agency that the team was met with fierce resistance as some hooligans wanted to attack the bailiff and cause disturbances amid violence.

She said the team retreated, protected the bailiff and took him to safety.

The Head of the Public Affairs Unit said on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, the Regional Police Command re-strategised and moved in to the said location and arrested 109 suspects including 13 females.

DSP Tenge said all the suspects were undergoing screening and those found culpable to have obstructed the police in the lawful discharge of their duty would be put before court.

Source: GNA

The Ghana Police Service has announced that it is looking for the relatives of 35-year-old Kojo Ahe Mensah, who was allegedly knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle months ago.

A statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Hospital, DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, on 24 August 2020 intimated that Mr Mensah was rushed to the Ghana Police Hospital on 10 May 2020 by the Adentan Police, adding that: “He has since been on admission with efforts to trace his relatives unsuccessful.”

The statement said: “His mother’s name is Vida Awudzi. She sells second-hand clothing at Teshie in Accra”.

Kojo Ahe Mensah is believed to come from Kotokuraba in Cape Coast and has relatives there.

The statement admonished relatives of the victim “to report at the Ghana Police Hospital in Accra during working hours for assistance or to get into contact with him.”

Source: Class FM

The Women in Law and Development in Africa (the WiLDAF Ghana Network) has lauded the efforts of the Inspector General of Police for “dispatching homicide experts to hunt for the alleged murderers” of the 90-year-old Madam Akua Denteh.

In a statement to condemn the brutal murder, WILDAF called on the Police to expand the net of culpability to include those who abetted the heinous crime.

The statement highlighted this must include “…those who stood by, watched and did nothing while the late Madam Akua Denteh was being murdered.”

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has dispatched homicide experts from the National Police headquarters to the Savannah region, to help search for the murderers of Madam Akua Denteh, aged 90 years, who was beaten to death at Kafaba near Salaga in the East Gonja District for allegedly being a witch.

The suspects, believed to have fled the town include one Sanjo, who is said to have hosted Hajia Filina, a priestess who declared the deceased a witch. Others are the priestess Hajia Filina, one Teacher Aliu, Bumaye, Ashley, and Manafo.

The IGP has announced a two thousand Ghana Cedis (GhC2,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of any of the suspects.

Meanwhile, WILDAF has commended the Gonja Traditional Council for denouncing such acts and urged them to support the police in their “hunt” for the perpetrators.

“We also urge the Regional and national houses of chiefs to deploy their own structures to support the immediate arrest and prosecution of such criminals, their promoters and supporters,” the statement added.

Source: Kasapa FM

An off duty Police Officer has died in a car crash in the Eastern Region.

The accident occurred at Borla Junction on the Akyem Akroso to Asamankese road.

The Police Officer, David Ahiabu Victor was driving a private car onboard by a woman reported to be his wife. He died at the spot but the woman survived with serious injury.

She was rushed to Asamankese Government Hospital while the body of the deceased Police Officer was deposited at the morgue of the same Hospital.

The cause of the accident has not been established but witnesses say the car veered off the portion of the road under construction, somersaulted and crashed in a nearby farm.

The Police officer was reportedly not wearing a seat belt hence was found dangling on the front gate with a fractured head, while the injured wife was found locked in her seat.

Source: Kasapa FM

The Police Administration Friday, July 17, 2020, announced changes in the positions of the Police Management Board and some regional commanders.

A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, in Accra, said Commissioner of Police (COP) Nathan Kofi Boakye is now the Director-General for Legal and Prosecutions. He was the Director-General for Research and Planning.

The statement said COP Paul Manly Awini, who was the Central Regional Commander, had become the Director-General for Research, Planning and Transformation, while DCOP Johnson Oyirifi-Akrofi, who was the Tema Regional Commander, had become the Eastern Regional Commander.

Also, the Greater Accra Regional Commander, DCOP Frederick Adu-Anim is now the Director-General, Information, Communication Technology (ICT); while the Deputy Upper East Regional Commander, DCOP Paul Ayittey, is now the North East Police Regional Commander.

The statement said DCOP Barima Tweneboah Sasraku, the Deputy Director-General of the CID Headquarters, had become the Tema Police Regional Commander and DCOP Afful Boakye-Yiadom, the Eastern Regional Commander, had taken the position of the Accra Police Regional Commander.

Also, the North East Regional Commander, DCOP Charles Domanban has become the Oti Police Regional Commander; while DCOP Mrs Habiba Akyere Twumasi -Sarpong, the Deputy Central Police Regional Commander is now the Regional boss.

Source: GNA

The Ellembelle District Police Command has cleared conflicting reports circulating on social media about how a 31-year-old lady killed her boyfriend at Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.

Immediately the sad news broke, some media houses reported that the lady stabbed her boyfriend to death for allegedly cheating on her by visiting another lady within the community.

Some media houses also reported that the lady’s age is 26 and the deceased is Fred Kojo Nyame.

Narrating the incident to respond to some conflicting reports by some media houses, the Ellembelle District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP Thomas Bayor stated that the lady did not kill her boyfriend for allegedly cheating on her.

He said per their investigation, the lady was with her boyfriend in a room and the lady picked her boyfriend’s phone to call her mother but the deceased (the guy) attempted to take the phone from her.

According to the Commander, this resulted in a misunderstanding between them and the cause of the scuffle, the lady picked a bread knife to scare the guy but unfortunately the lady used the knife to stab him.

He continued that after the lady had stabbed her boyfriend she started shouting for help and immediately some people rushed in and quickly picked the guy to Eikwe Saint Martin de Pores Hospital for treatment.

But he said, due to the seriousness of the injury, the Doctor of the Eikwe Saint Martin de Pores Hospital asked them to take the boyfriend to Effia Nkwanta Hospital.

DSP Thomas Bayor told the media that the guy was pronounced dead upon arrival.

“On the 9th June 2020 around 11am we received a report that a certain lady called Sandra Mensah, 31 years of age, has stabbed her boyfriend called Isaac Nyame, 30 years of age, to death so upon this we quickly conducted investigation and found out that it was true,” DSP Thomas Bayor stated.

Outcome of Police’s investigation

“The lady had disagreement with her boyfriend in a room in the morning. When they were in the room, the lady picked her boyfriend’s phone to call her mother in Accra but the guy tried to stop her from taking his phone from the lady and it generated into a scuffle and on the course of the struggling, the lady picked a bread knife to scare him but unfortunately the lady stabbed the guy’s throat and some people around heard the screaming and they rushed to the scene and picked the guy to Eikwe hospital to save his life but when they got to the hospital and due to the seriousness of the injury, the were asked to transfer him to Effia Nkwanta Hospital and unfortunately he was pronounced death upon arrival”.

“After we had arrested and interrogated the lady, she said the guy was not cheating on her”, he disclosed.

“The lady told us that she picked the bread knife just to scare the guy from beating her and not to kill her but the guy still insisted to attack her and the knife stabbed him”, DSP Bayor said.

DSP Bayor emphasized that, “because the guy is dead so we can’t conclude.”

“We sent her (Sandra Mensah) to Axim Magistrate Court and the Magistrate gave her two weeks remand to allow us to continue with our investigations.

The body of the deceased ‘Keke’ driver (Isaac Nyame) has since been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Source: Daniel Kaku, Contributor

The Police Administration says it has identified the officer who assaulted a woman a viral video.

The police in a notice disclosed that the identity of the officer No.51688 is Lance Corporal Wormenor Samuel.

According to the police, the officer is currently under investigation for professional misconduct and assault.

In the video making the rounds on social media, the officer is seen in a heated altercation with the woman who was in queue with dozens of others, waiting for their turn to register for the voter ID.

Although an attempt was made to separate the police from the woman, the officer reached out and slapped the woman to the amazement of onlookers.

A concerned man at the venue interveined to calm tensions in the amateur footage.

”The Police Officer seen in the video apparently slapping a woman has been identified as No.51688 Lance Corporal Wormenor Samuel. The incident occurred on 9th July 2020 at Asofa M.A JHS in the Greater Accra Region, which is designated as a Voters Registration Centre.

He is under investigation for professional misconduct and assault against one Madam Joyce Ofosuwaa,” the police said in a post on its official Facebook page.

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

Scores of senior police officers have been transferred in the latest shake-up to hit the service.

Over 50 senior officers have been moved from their current work stations.

The changes take immediate effect, Starr News sources revealed.

The development comes few months ahead of the 2020 Presidential and parliamentary elections.

According to Starr News sources, the Inspector General of Police approved the transfers last Friday.

Affected officers are to be informed anytime soon.

Source: Starr FM

 

A 37-year-old mason is in the grips of the Benso police for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.

The suspect, Phillip Gyan, was said to have lured the victim into an uncompleted building and defiled her.

Chief Inspector George Kwabena Osei, Benso station officer, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA).

He said in the early hours of Saturday, July 11, 2020, one Abdul Mustapha, a resident, of Benso in the Tarkwa-Nsueam Municipality, together with some men arrested the suspect and the victim.

The complainant claimed he chanced on Gyan forcibly having sexual intercourse with the victim in an uncompleted building and allegedly videoed the act to serve as evidence.

A medical form was issued to the victim’s mother to send her to the hospital for examination and treatment.

Chief Inspector Osei said the suspect was in police custody awaiting prosecution.

Source: GNA

Seven suspects have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command for obstructing the police in performing their duty and offensive conduct.

The arrest follows an incident which occurred last Tuesday, 7 July 2020 at the E. P church voter registration center in Accra New Town.

On the said day, two persons were arrested for brandishing machetes and engaging in acts likely to disrupt the ongoing voter registration exercise. They were arrested by security details on duty at the centre.

While the suspects were being sent to the police station, some sympathisers on board a pickup crossed the police vehicle and forcibly took the two suspects away with impunity.

The two suspects were rearrested together with five other suspects.

They were processed for court on Friday 10 July 2020 and to re-appear today, Monday 13 July 2020.

Source: Class FM

Lance Corporal Diobo Issah of Zebilla District in the Upper East Region has been arrested for allegedly supplying guns to some robbery gangs.

A team of Investigators from the Bono East Region arrested the suspect in Bolgatanga following a robbery incident that took place within their jurisdiction

The team according to police sources available to MyNewsGh.com was assisted by the Upper East Regional Police command to arrest the District Armourer of Zebilla identified to the team by an Accused person in the case for having supplied his gang with a quantity of AK 47 ammo for their robbery activities in the Bono East Region.

A search conducted in the room of the said Policeman revealed three (3) live and one (1) spent AK. 47 ammunition.

On the instructions of the Upper East Regional Police Commander DCOP Ampofo Duku the suspect was handed over to the team from Techiman for further investigations.

Meanwhile, the embattled policeman has denied any wrongdoing when he was interrogated.

Source: My News GH

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

Africa’s Best Police

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: World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI) report.

— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) June 8, 2020

Source: pulse.com.gh

 

The police in Akatsi South has served a strong warning to recalcitrant food vendors in the District who go about their businesses without complying with government’s directives to prevent the spread of COVID 19.

Chief Superintendent Mr Joseph Atsu Dzineku, the Akatsi South commander of police, during an interaction with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the sidelines of what the GNA observed to be “disregard for safety protocols in the District”, said his men will begin cracking the whip on offenders henceforth.

“All residents especially food vendors should abide by all directives of the President, and protocols and advisories issued by relevant authorities in relation to the coronavirus epidemic,” Mr Dzineku emphasised.

He cautioned food vendors in particular to, adjust to the new directives and also disclosed that his outfit had already begun arresting motorists and other road users flouting the directives.

“The need to keep ourselves safe is our task to enforce strict adherence to the safety protocols, and we are doing just that”, he said.

In his statement, Mr Dzineku asked market women, food vendors, and operators of public places of convenience, in particular, to take precautionary measures against the virus.

Mr Divine Sokah, District Environmental health officer for Akatsi South told the GNA that measures were put in place to form a special task force to deal with any food vendor for not wearing face mask before engaging in any form of social services.

Some residents the GNA spoke to, expressed worry about the decreasing attitude towards preventing the spread of the virus.

The GNA also observed the non- usage of face masks by residents, some motor riders and others during Akatsi Market days.

The Akatsi South District recorded its first confirmed case in May and has since not recorded any new case.

Source: GNA

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating a 37-year-old man for parading himself as a National Security Operative.

Mohammed Amidu Bonkonu is said to have collected various sums of monies from unsuspecting members of the public under the pretext of securing political positions and contracts for them.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Juliana Obeng, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the CID made these known in a press release she signed and made available to the Ghana News Agency.

She said the suspect is alleged to have collected various sums of money including five thousand Euros (€5,000.00), nine hundred and thirty-four thousand dollars (US$934,000.00) and six hundred and five thousand Ghana cedis (GHC605,000.00) under different circumstances.

The statement said the suspect currently in Police custody assisting in investigations.

It further said “The CID administration would like to caution the public to be wary of such fraudsters and as well advises any victim of the suspect stated therein to report to the Financial Fraud Unit at the CID headquarters”.

Source: GNA